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Learn about apartments and room setups for undergraduate and visiting exchange students in UC San Diego's International House, how the rooms are furnished, and what's included in the rental cost.

Apartment Models & Bedrooms

There are two models of apartments in I-House:

• 4-person flat with 4 single bedrooms
• Two-story townhouse for 5 people (all single bedrooms) or 6 people (4 singles + 1 double room)

Please note: The majority of rooms in I-House are single bedrooms; there are only a limited number of double bedrooms. Placement in these double rooms will be based on the receipt date of your original I-House application, and any extenuating circumstances.

You will be able to access your room assignment, including room / apartment number, and apartment mates' names and contact info, after housing contracts are accepted and finalized. The notification will be sent to your @ucsd.edu email address. To login to the room assignment site, you will need your PID and password.

For any questions regarding housing (i.e., early move in, housing assignments, etc.) please contact the ERC Residence Life Office:

• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (858) 534-2261

Costs & Dining Plan

Apartment prices vary from year to year, and depending on the room type. To see the latest prices, look for the apartment costs on the HDH (Housing, Dining and Hospitality) website .

In addition to your housing costs, UCSD on-campus residents are required to purchase the dining plan. For more information, visit HDH's dining FAQ page .

Furnishings & Other Essentials

All apartments in I-House are furnished with a couch, coffee table, refrigerator, and stove.

Rooms are furnished with one Twin XL mattress and bed, closet, desk, chair, and dresser.

Communal laundry facilities are located between Kathmandu and Geneva.

Please note that I-House does not provide any pillows, bedding, linens, towels, or kitchen plates or utensils. ISPO usually organizes a shopping trip a couple of days after students arrive. If you plan to shop on your own, the nearest stores that sell these items are Marshalls and Ross located in the La Jolla Village Square shopping center.

We recommend bringing a set of linens and towels with you to use the first few days until you are able to purchase more. The mattress size is Twin XL, which can be purchased in the college section of most retailers (Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, etc.).

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Muir College Room Selection 2024

Please check the hdh undergrad housing website for the most up-to-date room selection information..

Note: If you are a prospective resident, more information will be coming soon. This is for current Muir residents and LGBTQIA+ LLC ONLY.

Eligibility & Housing Options

For Muir-registered students, you will have the opportunity to participate in room selection during Winter Quarter. At this point, you will have received an email regarding your eligibility to live on campus. If you are guaranteed housing for the next year, you will be participating in this selection process.

Muir students participating in room selection will have the option of choosing Tamarack or Tuolumne Apartments. Apartment spaces only contain singles and doubles and features a capacity of 4-6 residents. Please refer to our room tours for more information on each space.

Residents will have the option to opt into gender-inclusive housing or apply for a Living Learning Community:

• Gender-inclusive housing completely ignores gender preferences when assigning spaces, meaning that you can be housed with students of any gender. This includes apartment mates/suite mates as well as roommates in doubles/triples.
• Muir houses the LGBTQIA+ LLC. If you would like to continue from your first year or would like to join for the first time, you will be allowed to apply for the option, even if you are registered in another college.
• If you choose to apply for another LLC and get accepted, you will be living in the college where the LLC is hosted.

Timeline 

• February 21 - February 28   - Eligible continuing students submit a Continuing Student Housing Application as part of the 2024 Room Selection process; Students with no housing guarantee can express on-campus interest for the 2024-25 academic year.
• March 5 - March 12   - Housing contracts will be issued to those that submitted a Continuing Student Housing Application by February 28 due date.
• March 6 - March 18   - Students who completed the 2024-25 housing contract including the $450 prepayment can apply for optional Living-Learning Communities, I-House or opt into Gender Inclusive Housing.  
• April 3   - Students who are accepted into a Living-Learning Community, or I-House must opt out if no longer interested (still able to participate in the next phase in their Room Selection Community). 
• April  11  - Room Selection lottery date & time  and roommate group PIN for Room Selection Sign-Up will be sent to your UC San Diego email first.  Then available through the Housing Portal.
• April 20 -    Vacancy viewer available online (login to the Housing Portal) for Muir College
• April 24   - Muir College (including LGBTQIA+ LLC) Room Selection Sign-Up
• April 25   - Revelle College Room Selection Sign-Up
• May 1   - Dining plan option selection begins & apartment-mate/roommate information in the Housing Portal available
• May 13   - Last day for Room Selection students to select their dining plan until mid/late August when MyRoomAssignment opens for the 2024-25 academic year for move-in and assignments. Failure to select a dining plan will result in HDH assigning one to you.
• May 13   - Last day to see current apartment-mate/roommate information until MyRoomAssignment re-opens for the 2024-25 academic year for move-in and assignments.

If you do not select a space on your designated Room Selection Sign-Up date (see above) or space is not available, you will have two options:

• Choose to be on the Delayed Assignment List (see below)
• Choose to cancel based on the Cancellation Policy. 

Room Selection FAQs

• Apartment spaces are balanced between singles and doubles. However, singles tend to be higher in demand so they are usually selected quickly.
• Yes! They must be same gender (unless you're signing up for gender-inclusive housing) and must be Muir students. LLC residents must choose other LLC residents as roommates or apartment-mates. You can form a group for just a room or for the whole apartment.
• When you receive your room selection time, it is recommended that your group has a leader (preferably a trusted person with the earliest time) who you will share your roommate PIN with.
• By sharing your roommate PIN with your group leader, you are allowing them to assign you on their behalf.
• Tuolumne apartment units contain either 1 double and 2 singles or 1 double and 3 singles.
• All Tamarack units contain 2 doubles and 2 singles.
• A room change interest list will open up within the first few days of Fall Quarter where you can submit a request. While this does not guarantee a room change immediately, an offer will be made to you once a space in Muir College becomes available.
• Absolutely! Roommate groups and PINs are completely optional. You will have to sign yourself up at the allotted lottery time.
• This probably means that all single bedspaces have been taken. You can either select a double space or choose not to sign up for a space.
• There will be an opportunity after the room selection date to receive a refund of your prepayment and to opt out of the room selection process (meaning you will be living off campus next year)
• If you do not opt out, you will be considered a delayed assignment and your room assignment will be selected for you depending on the open bedspaces available.

Additional Resources

Per the HDH website, please contact the following if you have questions regarding:

Eligibility/Contracting/Billing -   [email protected]  or by phone at 858-534-4010

Room Selection Process/Layouts/Self-Selection -   [email protected]  

Include your PID and name with any communication so that the team's can best assist you.    To access applications, contracting process and more, login to the Housing Portal below (click on 2023 Continuing Student Housing Application & Room Selection Process category) with your campus credentials when the processes open.

If you have any questions about Muir housing in particular, please contact us at [email protected]  

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Frequently Asked Move-In & Check-In Questions

Is early check-in an option.

No . All Freshmen will be given a move in time for Wednesday Sept 14, 2016 so that you may attend your Marshall College Orientation  All other students will be assigned a Saturday (Sept 17, 2016) move in time.

I'm confused. Didn't I request my friend as a roommate?

Roommate request may be limited this year due to the large amount of incoming freshmen. As you know, room placements were made according to a combination of the student's original housing application date (beginning in March) and room type preference. A successful roommate request is sometimes challenging and requires both residents to select the same room type preference as well as have turned in their housing application at a very early date . We are thus unable to grant many of the requests submitted due to these unmatching elements. If you didn't end up with a hopeful roommate, we are positive that you will take this opportunity to get to know other people in your new community, and rest assured that your friend will be a nearby neighbor!

What should I bring with me to move in?

Great Question! Please don't bring the whole house... there isn't enough room! Please see our link for what to bring and what NOT to bring to campu s when you move in. PLEASE do not bring your own furniture!  You will not have space for anything additional, so please honor that and respect your roommate(s) needs as well.

When I check in should I bring everything I need to move into my room?

Yes . You will be moving into your assigned housing for the school year. Of course you can buy more things you need later. :)

Is there a place for my family and parents to stay during move in? Are there hotels nearby?

Great news, there is!

UC San Diego Parent & Family Programs and Marshall College Residential Life have partnered with Bartell Hotels to offer parents, students, families, alumni, and friends reduced hotel rates at some of the finest properties in San Diego. You'll be comforted to know tha every time you stay at one of the Bartell Hotels’ seven distinguished properties, they will donate a percentage of that total room cost to support student scholarships at UC San Diego and promote university events.

To take advantage of these special rates and make a reservation for your family, call (800) 345-9995 or visit tritonfamilydestinations.com .

At Bartell Hotels, we know that a quality education opens many doors. That’s why we’re opening our doors and contributing to UCSD Parent & Family Programs every time you visit.

Also see: Alternate Lodging Suggestions .

What is my mailing address and how do I receive mail?

The online room assignment page lists both your building/room location and your mailbox number.  This mailbox number is what you use as a mailing address, NOT your room/apartment location.  Mail must be addressed as follows:

Your Name Here #_ _ _ _ _ (list your full mailbox number here) 9450 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA  92092-0100

You will be sharing a mailbox with your household (suitemates or apartment-mates)

Campus Mail Services will not begin accepting mail or packages until AFTER Monday, September 19, 2016.  Anything received before this date will be returned to sender. 

I live in a triple, what furniture am I assigned to?

When you are assigned to a room with more than one person, you are assigned a letter- a,b, or c. Furniture is also assigned accordingly:

Note: There are two dressers with a total of six drawers.  Each person should have 2 drawers. Each room will also have 2 closets, 1 for space “a” and another for space “b.”

• If you are assigned to the “a” bedspace, your bed is the lower bunk and your desk is located near the closets
• If you are assigned to the “b” bedspace, your bed is the upper bunk and your desk is in-between the bunk beds and the lofted bed.  
• If you are assigned to the “c” bedspace, your bed is the loft and your desk and wardrobe are under your lofted bed.

Is the mandatory "House Meeting" really mandatory?

Yes it is!  Attend House Meeting and meet your community! Otherwise, you must make arrangements with your RA to attend an alternate meeting. It is very important, and part of your responsibility as a resident, and you will soon learn that information is reviewed at this meeting for both new and continuing students. Additionally, the leadership position of SCORE (Student Committee on Residential Engagment) representative is usually selected during this meeting as well, so you certainly don't want to miss out!

When should parents/ guardians/ friends leave after assisting with move in?

Leave when you are ready .

If you are looking for a recommendation, Residential Life knows that YOU will be VERY busy during orientation, have plenty to do during Welcome Week and then you will be busy with house meetings and suitemates.  However, after unloading the car, take sometime to spend quality time with the family and say goodbye! You will have time during the rest of the week to unpack.

Remember, we are a Marshall Family, you are part of this family and family is always welcome to attend events. However, residents also need to prepare for their new lives here so leaving when the time is right is critical. Please also note note parents, family, and guests are only are not permitted to sleep in common room areas. See below for suggested places to stay near campus during this transition.

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This page provides links to training opportunities, step-by-step guides, and FAQ designed to help UCSD instructors use Zoom for remote teaching.

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Zoom trainers host free and interactive live-training webinars daily. These sessions are less than an hour, and cover subjects such as getting started with Zoom meetings, advanced meeting features, and planning and running Zoom webinars. If you are brand new to Zoom Meeting or Zoom Webinar, we highly recommend you start here.

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Step-by-Step Guides

The following guides describe our recommendations for using Zoom for instruction at UC San Diego.  By following these recommendations, you will be set up for secure, successful class meetings in which you can use any and all of the active learning tools Zoom has to offer, including screen share, polling, and breakout rooms. If you need to complete a task that is not covered here, please email [email protected]   for support.

Get Started

In order to get started using your new Zoom Pro account, sign in at ucsd.zoom.us .

You may be asked to verify your email address by clicking a unique link that Zoom sends to your email address. It can take a few minutes for the email to arrive after you've authorized Zoom to send the email.

If you notice that your Zoom account is tied to an email address you don't recognize, or one that you are not using in Canvas, please email [email protected] to have this resolved.

If you have any trouble downloading or opening the Zoom software, make sure your device meets Zoom's system requirements .

Configure Settings

The following describes settings we recommend that you update for security and ease of instructional use. To configure these settings, navigate to  https://ucsd.zoom.us/profile/setting . There are a lot of settings on this page, so we recommend using Ctrl/Cmd + F to search for the setting you are interested in.

Require authentication

So that you can require students to sign in to their UCSD Zoom Pro accounts before they join a class meeting, be sure that   "Only authenticated users can join meetings" is turned on.

This is recommended for security.

It is also necessary in order for pre-assigned breakout rooms to work effectively. 

And it ensures that student names will appear in participant reports as it does on your roster.

Consider chat settings carefully taking both engagement and security into account.

You can leave the "Chat" setting on to allow meeting participants to send a message visible to all participants. 

You also have the option of turning off "Private chat" to disallow private messaging between meeting participants.

If you are using chat extensively for class discussion, you may want to turn on "Auto-saving chats" so that you have a record of those discussions. 

Schedule & Configure a Meeting

We recommend that you use the Zoom link in the left-hand course navigation menu of your Canvas course site to schedule and manage Zoom meetings for your course. When you create a Zoom meeting this way, students are automatically notified and sent the meeting link. They can also use the Join button in Canvas to join each class. This is the most convenient and most secure way to share meeting information with your class.

When you first click the Zoom link in Canvas, you will be asked to Authorize Zoom's access to Canvas. This is safe to do. Then, you'll be ready to start scheduling meetings.

To schedule your meetings, follow these steps:

• Select   Zoom  on your course navigation menu.
• Click the blue  Schedule a New Meeting  button in the upper right of the page.
• Topic : Enter in a name for your session.
• Scheduling options : Select the date, start time, duration of meeting, time zone, and whether or not this will be a recurring meeting.
• Security options : Check Passcode to require a passcode for the meeting, and Waiting room to put participants in a waiting room when the enter the meeting. Passcodes are embedded in the Join button students use to enter the meeting in Canvas. So, you do not need to share the passcode with anyone, your meeting will be protected, and your students will be able to enter seamlessly from the Zoom link within Canvas. If you use the waiting room, you will need to admit participants into the meeting manually.
• Audio and Video options : Select whether or not you would like to use a webcam and whether to allow your students (participants) to share webcam video. For the audio options, we recommend selecting  both  so that if your students have any trouble with using their computer audio they can easily dial in to the meeting via a phone as well.
• Uncheck "Enable join before meeting."
• Check "Mute all participants upon entry."
• If you have only UCSD affiliates in class, choose " UCSD Only - please verify your attendees domains " from the dropdown menu.
• If you have guest lecturers, interpreters, concurrently enrolled students from other institutions, or other attendees who do not have UCSD email addresses, choose "Blank / Customizable" from the dropdown menu, and Edit to add the domains of the additional attendees email addresses (e.g. boisestate.edu).
• Alternative Hosts:  If you wish to allow an UCSD Zoom licensed TA or co-instructor to start your meeting for you, enter in their email address. If you'd like additional staff to have host-like controls in the meeting, you can  assign a co-host from within Zoom at any time during your meeting .
• Click the blue  Save  button at the bottom of the page.
• A meeting summary page will appear. On this page you can view the join URL or the meeting invitation. You can navigate away from this page by clicking  Course Meetings  in the upper left of the page to go back to your course's Zoom landing page. You can navigate back to the meeting summary page at any time if needed.

Direct Students on How to Join

For both security and convenience, the best way for students to join your Zoom meetings is through Zoom course navigation link or the course calendar in Canvas.

Please keep in mind that joining the meeting through Canvas does not automatically sign students in to their UCSD Zoom account. So that they are sure to be signed in with the same email address that you have on your roster, please direct them to sign in to their Zoom account at ucsd.zoom.us before joining your class meeting.

If they have any issues being allowed into the meeting, being sent to their correct pre-assigned breakout room, or even viewing a Zoom recording after the meeting, it is most likely due to the fact that they are not signed in to their UCSD Zoom Pro account. Please direct them to sign in at ucsd.zoom.us , and try again.

Host a Meeting

Becoming fluent with the following controls will help your class meetings run smoothly.

Screen share

• For an overview, watch this video guide about how to  share your screen.
• If possible, share a specific application (e.g. PowerPoint or Chrome) rather than your desktop
• Check “Share Computer Sound” (be sure other sounds like email notifications are off).
• Check “Optimize for full screen video clip.” Do not check this if not sharing video, as it may cause the shared screen to be blurry.

Breakout rooms

• For an overview of breakout rooms, watch this video guide.
• You can create breakout rooms during a meeting or pre-assign them.
• Pre-assignments for breakout rooms can be made in Canvas when creating a meeting. The course roster will be pre-populated. Users must have a Zoom UCSD account to be placed into a pre-assigned breakout room. Students who do not have a UCSD Zoom Pro account will be grayed out and instructors will need to add the users to a breakout room during the meeting.
• Pre-assignments for breakout rooms can also be made in the web portal , but will not be linked to your class roster. Click on the name of your meeting, scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Edit this meeting," then check "Preassign breakout rooms" under Meeting Options.
• When breakout rooms are started, participants who are not assigned to breakout sessions will remain in the main meeting when the rooms are started.
• Hosts or Co-Hosts can assign participants to breakout rooms during the meeting.
• As the host, you’ll be able to communicate with students in the breakout rooms and move from one to another.
• A co-host can leave and join any breakout room only if they join a breakout room assigned to them by the host first.
• For an overview of polling in Zoom meetings, watch this video.
• Polling questions can be added via the web portal ( ucsd.zoom.us ) or using a CSV in Canvas through the Zoom course navigation link.
• Click the meeting you want to add questions to. The option to add poll questions will be at the bottom of the page.
• Max: 50 polls for one meeting, with 10 questions each.
• To allow for polls to generate a Canvas assignment, navigate to the Zoom link in the Canvas course navigation. At the top right, select the three vertical dots and choose  Enable / Disable Zoom Polls to Gradebook . Then, choose  Enable . 
• After class, allow processing time after the meeting for the assignment to be automatically created and for student results to render. The assignment will be automatically out of 100 points. The assignment cannot be automatically graded. Only those students who have UCSD Zoom Accounts and are signed in with their UCSD Zoom account that is tied to Canvas will receive results.
• The meeting owner can also  download a report of the poll results in the Reports tab of the web portal.  

Managing Participants

• Hosts and Co-hosts are able to manage participants from the Participants window.
• This is how you will mute participants, stop their video, and remove them from the meeting if necessary.
• This written guide covers these controls and how to use them.

Protect Your Meeting

To prevent Zoombombing, we recommend that you enable a passcode and require authentication for your meetings.  If you have only UCSD affiliates in class, you can require that students are signed into their UCSD Zoom Pro account when entering the meeting.  If you have non-UCSD affiliates joining class meetings—such as interpreters, concurrently enrolled students from other institutions—you can also allow the domains of the additional attendees email addresses (e.g.  boisestate.edu ). See the Host a Meeting section of this guide for details on how to enable these for your meetings.

To address any disruptions that may occur during class, we recommend that you become fluent with your meeting controls. Know how to:

• Mute participants and revoke consent to be unmuted
• Stop a participant's video, p ut a participant in the waiting room or r emove a participant from a meeting
• Disallow participant screen sharing, and turn off chat

Learn about  Zoom Meeting Safeguards  to keep your meeting secure.

Record a Meeting

If you'd like to record your Zoom meetings, check Record the meeting automatically  in the Meeting Options section of the scheduling form. To have the video automatically uploaded to Canvas, and to allow for automatic captioning, leave In the cloud selected. These videos will be uploaded to Kaltura My Media, where they will not be limited by Zoom's 30 day cloud limit.

Make a Recorded Meeting Available in Canvas

If you have a Zoom meeting recorded in the cloud, the recording will automatically be added to My Media in Canvas. Even though recordings are deleted from the Zoom cloud after 30 days, the videos in My Media will be available to you indefinitely.

Learn about your Zoom and Kaltura settings to ensure that you're familiar with how everything works.

In order to make a recording visible to students, you will need to publish it to Media Gallery or embed it in your course content .

Making Recordings Available in the Zoom Cloud (Not Recommended)

Recordings will remain in the Zoom cloud for only 30 days. If you choose to share recordings directly in the Zoom cloud you may need to provide a password or disable Zoom's default password requirement. The notification email telling you the recording is ready also provides a randomly generated password for accessing the recording.

To remove the password requirement for a meeting, navigate to the Recordings tab in the Zoom web portal . Cl ick on the meeting that has been password protected, then click the Share button in the upper right hand corner of the page. The password should be visible on the sharing pop up. Click the toggle for "Password protect" to turn it off.

To remove the password requirement for all future meetings,  navigate to the Recording Settings in the Zoom web portal, and find "Require password to access shared cloud recordings". Click the toggle to turn off that setting, and recordings created moving forward will not require a password.

Troubleshoot Issues

If you're having audio or video trouble with Zoom, the following guides may help:

• Testing Computer or Device Audio
• Joining a Meeting by Phone
• Audio Echo in a Meeting
• How do I test my video?
• Zoom System Requirements

If audio or video start to get choppy during a meeting, consider turning off video to preserve audio.

Zoom in Canvas

If your email address in Canvas does not contain the full spelling of your last name, you will see an error message when you attempt to use Zoom in Canvas's course navigation. To resolve this issue, please copy the error message and email it to  [email protected] .

Recordings in My Media

The same issue that causes the Zoom error described above will prevent cloud recordings from appearing in My Media until it is resolved.

If you need the video to be available immediately, you'll need to download the video from Zoom and upload it to Kaltura manually.  

Slow internet speeds or monthly data caps enforced by your ISP may make downloading and uploading your Zoom recordings infeasible. If this applies to you, reach out to   [email protected]  and we'll help! When you reach out, please provide the following information:

• your UCSD username
• the title of your Zoom meeting
• the date and time when your Zoom recording started
• the Zoom Meeting ID (if possible)

Will I lose access to my Zoom cloud recordings after 30 days?

Why can't some students view my recordings.

By sharing the Zoom recording links directly, some of your students may have trouble viewing the recordings. Because of access issues, and because the recordings become unavailable after 30 days when shared this way, we recommend a different method of making your recordings available to students.

When you have a Zoom meeting recorded in the cloud, the recording is automatically added to the meeting owner's My Media space in Canvas in about 24 hours (in rare cases, it can take up to 72 hours). In order to make the recording visible to students, you will need to publish it to Media Gallery or embed it in your course content.

These step-by-step guides from our Multimedia Services team will walk you through that process.

-How to Publish a Video: [ https://blink.ucsd.edu/faculty/instruction/tech-guide/instructional-videos/videos-canvas/presenting-videos/publishing-videos.html ]

-How to Embed a Video: [ https://blink.ucsd.edu/faculty/instruction/tech-guide/instructional-videos/videos-canvas/presenting-videos/embedding-videos.html#How-to-Embed-a-Video ]

Can I use one Zoom link for office hours for all of my courses?

How can i stop meetings from being recorded outside of class time, why do i have multiple recordings of one meeting in my media.

Zoom allows you to capture multiple views of your meeting and save them all during cloud recordings. Each of these views is then automatically copied to your My Media area in Canvas. The videos may look similar based on their thumbnail preview, show a student’s name/video at the start, or have the same duration, so it can be confusing as to which one to publish for later viewing. 

If you wish to delete one of the videos, you’ll need to view each video briefly to see which meeting layout you want to keep. We recommend that you fast-forward to any section of the video where screen sharing occurred to identify quickly which video you prefer. Note that when the video is deleted from “My Media,” you will not be able to recover it. Zoom also provides auto-captioning on the “active speaker with shared screen” view so you can quickly identify that option by the presence of closed captions on the video.

If you wish to preserve both copies of your Zoom recording, you may want to rename the videos to help you identify which video is which at a later date. 

For more information about managing your course videos, see the   Videos in Canvas page . To disable unwanted recordings of future meetings, go to   your Zoom settings   and check only the options for the recordings you want to access in My Media. We recommend only enabling “Record active speaker with shared screen” unless you have a specific need for other layouts.

For further details, see the  Zoom documentation regarding Cloud Recording and Recording Layouts .

Why aren't my breakout room pre-assignments working for all students?

If you have set up breakout room pre-assignments, but when you open breakout rooms, some students are not sent to the proper room, it is because they are not signed into Zoom with the email address that you used for them when setting up the pre-assignments. There may be two reasons for this:

1. They are not signed into their UCSD Zoom Pro account.

Direct your students to sign in using SSO at ucsd.zoom.us before joining the meeting. So that you can require students to sign in to their UCSD Zoom Pro accounts before they join a class meeting, turn on "Only authenticated users can join meetings" in your Zoom settings.

Then, in the Meeting Options for your Zoom lecture, check the box for "Only authenticated users can join," then choose "UCSD Only - please verify your attendees' domains" from the dropdown menu, and click Save.

After making this change, we recommend sending an announcement out to your students explaining that they will not be able to join the next class meeting without being signed in to their UCSD Zoom account. They can sign in using SSO at ucsd.zoom.us .

2. Their UCSD Zoom Pro account is tied to a different email address than the one you have on your roster.

After following the steps above, there still may be a few students who are not automatically placed in breakout rooms. In these cases, please email us the names and email addresses of the students experiencing the issue at [email protected] to resolve this mismatch.

Can I make someone a co-host automatically by making them an alternative host of a meeting?

Option 1 - user's video.

• Hover over a user's video.
• Click the ellipsis icon
• Click  Make Co-Host .

Option 2 - Participants Window

• Click   Participants     in the meeting controls at the bottom of the Zoom window.
• Hover over the name of the participant who is going to be a co-host, and choose   More .
• Click   Make Co-Host .

How can I be sure that my concurrently enrolled students and/or guest lecturers will be able to join my meetings?

When scheduling your class meeting, under Meeting Options, check " Only authenticated users can join." When you have saved your meeting:

1) Navigate to the  Zoom web portal . 2) Click on the topic of your course meeting 3) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Edit 4) Find "Authentication Exception" in the Security section and click Add. 5) Add the email address of the individual(s) who need the exception. 6) Save the meeting changes, and double check to be sure you can see the exception in the Security section.

Please note that users who do not have ucsd.edu email addresses cannot register for Zoom meetings without our Zoom account. So, please be sure that registration is   not   required for these class meetings.

Why isn't my iPad connecting to screen share?

Via airplay.

Your iPad and computer must be connected to the same WiFi network in order to use this option. If you're having trouble, check to see if they are on different networks. If they are, connect to the same network on both devices, then try again.

If you tap Trust or Don't Trust but t your answer isn't accepted, or if the Trust alert won't appear, follow these steps. Try again after each:

• Make sure that your computer has the   latest version of macOS   or the  latest version of iTunes . 
• Disconnect and reconnect your device from your computer.
• Restart your computer.
• Reset your Trust settings .

If the above steps don't help, go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings. This also resets Wi-Fi networks and passwords, cellular settings and VPN and APN settings that you’ve used before.

If you downloaded iTunes for Windows from the Microsoft Store, make sure that iTunes Mobile Device Helper is   enabled as a startup item .

If you still need help,   contact Apple Support .

Room Assignments

Learn about the housing and roommate preference process before room selection begins in June for first-time incoming freshmen. If you are a returning resident, please see our returning residents page. 

Housing Preferences

Explore our on-campus residence halls and our Living Learning Communities (LLCs) to determine your housing preferences. After you sign and return your housing contract and satisfy the $300 advance payment, you will be able to submit your housing preferences online . Here you can indicate:

• Your five residence hall preferences
• Your Living Learning Communities preferences
• Your bathroom preferences (community vs. shared/private)
• Your roommate preference

If you change your mind after you enter your preferences, you can always log back in and update them before room selection. Room selection timeslots are assigned in housing application date order, not in the order housing preferences were submitted. We will assign rooms to students who miss their room selection timeslot based on their preferences and roommate profile matches.

Once you receive a contract offer and pay your $300 advance payment, you have access to the Roommate Groups page in your housing portal. This page gives you the option to search for roommates by details (gender, age, college, major or UT EID), profile questions or profile percentage match (the housing portal gives a percentage match based on the answers to students’ profile questions).

If you would like to share your room with a specific person, you will need to indicate your roommate preference. Students can submit a roommate request, and once approved, they will be paired together. The student with the earlier room selection timeslot will select the room assignment for both students in the roommate pair based on available space.

If you already have a roommate or roommate group in mind, you have the option to “join a group” by searching for that group name or by UT EID to request a specific student.

Many students opt for a random roommate assignment (the “potluck” option). When going this route, you still participate in the room selection process and place yourself in a room with another student in it. When looking at the room, you will be able to see the profile information of the student already in the room to help with your selection.

If our office assigns your room, we will use your age, classification, major and profile percentage match to pair you with an appropriate student. Please note that supplemental contract holders are unable to request or accept roommate requests.

Room Selection FAQs

The room selection process begins in early June for first-time incoming freshmen. The room assignment process for Living Learning Communities begins June 1.

Applicants who apply early are more likely to be able to select a preferred housing assignment. Since the housing application opens on August 1, students who wait to apply may not receive their top housing preferences. This does not mean that applicants who apply late will not be able to live on campus. While housing is not guaranteed, we aim to offer housing contracts to as many incoming first-time freshmen as we can.

Students who do not participate in the room selection process will be manually assigned based on their preferences and roommate profile matches. These assigned rooms can be found on your housing application portal in early July. Please note that this does not pertain to the majority of students; it mostly applies to students who receive supplemental contracts or contracts later in the process.

Housing contract offers, notifications and confirmations are sent by email. Update your contact information (including your email address) whenever something changes so you receive communication from us.

Residence halls open for the fall semester in late August. Check the Academic Calendar for the residence hall opening and closing dates.

Air Force airman killed by Florida deputies who were at wrong apartment, attorney says

An Air Force airman who was fatally shot at his Okaloosa County, Florida, apartment Friday was killed by a deputy after law enforcement burst into the wrong home, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Wednesday.

A woman said that she was on a FaceTime video call with Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, when he was killed and that he was alone and there was no disturbance, which law enforcement said was the reason for the call, Crump said.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said that Friday afternoon, “our deputy responded to a call of a disturbance in progress where he encountered an armed man,” and the deputy shot him.

According to the woman on the FaceTime call, whom Crump did not identify, Fortson heard a knock at his door, asked “Who is it?” got no response and could not see anyone through the peephole, Crump said in a statement.

There was a second, aggressive knock, Crump said, citing the woman’s account.

“Concerned, he did what any other law-abiding citizen would do and retrieved his legally-owned gun, but as he was walking back to the living room, police burst through the door. When they saw the gun, they shot Roger six times,” Crump said in the statement.

"The witness has said that she saw Roger on the ground stating, 'I can’t breathe,' after he was shot," Crump said. “She has also said the police were in the wrong apartment as there was no disturbance in the apartment and he was alone."

A sheriff’s spokesperson Friday night did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the claim that police were at the wrong apartment.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said it is investigating the shooting at the request of the sheriff's department. It did not provide any additional information, citing the active investigation.

The state attorney's office is also conducting an independent review, the sheriff’s office said.

Sheriff Eric Aden said in a statement that “all of us at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office are saddened about the fatal officer involved shooting over the weekend.”

“At this time, we humbly ask for our community’s patience as we work to understand the facts that resulted in this tragic event,” he said.

Hurlburt Field, the Air Force base where Fortson was assigned, said in a statement that Fortson entered active duty on Nov. 19, 2019. He was assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron.

“The 1st Special Operations Wing’s priorities are providing casualty affairs service to the family, supporting the squadron during this tragic time, and ensuring resources are available for all who are impacted,” the base said.

Okaloosa County is in the Florida Panhandle, east of Pensacola.

Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.

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