Custom Laurier Backgrounds Now Available for Zoom and Microsoft Teams

April 17, 2020

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Looking to add a Laurier touch to your video conferences as you work remotely? We've put together a guide to help you add images to Zoom and Teams. Keep scrolling to take a look at our selection of custom images you can choose as your background.

Zoom Instructions for Windows and Mac

Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
Click your profile picture then click Settings.
Select Virtual Background. Note: If you do not have the Virtual Background tab and you have enabled it on the web portal, sign out of the Zoom Desktop Client and sign in again.
Check "I have a green screen" if you have a physical green screen set up. You can then click on your video to select the correct colour for the green screen.
Click on an image to select the desired virtual background or add your own image by clicking + and choosing if you want to upload an image or a video.
If prompted, click Download to download the package for virtual background without a green screen.

Notes:

Ensure that you are using a solid background color.
After you select an option, that virtual background will display during your meetings.
To disable Virtual Background, choose the option None.

Teams Instructions for Windows

To easily access the ‘Uploads’ folder in Teams for adding your own images, start by right-clicking on the Start button and select ‘Run’ from the available options to open the ‘Run’ command window.
Then, copy/paste the following folder address in the ‘Run’ window: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads
This will open the ‘Backgrounds’ folder inside the Microsoft Teams AppData folder on your PC.
Put any image you want to set as a background image in your Microsoft Teams meetings to this folder. You can add as many custom images as you wish.
After you have manually added custom background images, they will be available when you start a video chat or meeting and click on the ‘Background Effects’ button. You should see all your custom background images available to select in the ‘Background Settings’ screen.
Your custom background image will be added to the bottom of the list of images on the Background settings screen.

Custom Laurier Backgrounds

Choose your favourite Laurier backdrop to spice up your virtual experience. We have a selection of scenes from the Waterloo and Brantford campuses, available for both mobile and desktop.