At Long Last…

The ability to display personal pronouns in Zoom has been a highly-requested feature for some time, and it’s now available.

 

NOTE:  Your desktop app will need to be updated to version 5.7 or newer to update your profile to include pronoun options.

Zoom’s reference article: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4402698027533-Adding-and-sharing-your-pronouns

OSU’s feature announcement article:  https://it.osu.edu/news/2021/06/30/pronoun-feature-now-available-carmenzoom

 

The essentials of adding your pronouns are:

1. Sign into carmenzoom.osu.edu with OSU credentials;
2. Click “Profile” on the left-hand navigation panel;
3. To the right of your name, click “Edit”;
4. In the “Pronouns” field, enter your pronouns;
5. There is a dropdown field for “Share in a meeting or webinar?” – choose whether you want to “Always Share”, “Ask Me Every Time”, or “Do Not Share”; and
6. Make sure to click the red “Save” button at the bottom of your profile settings – otherwise your changes will not stick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once you’ve saved the changes, you’ll see the effect in the main Profile page:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Important Info:

1. Webinar attendees’ pronouns are never visible – only webinar hosts and panelists can share their pronouns in a webinar.
2. Pronouns can be manually shared in any meeting you host or join, at any point during the meeting (applies to Windows/Mac/Linux):

• • Click “Participants” in the meeting controls toolbar
  • Hover over your name and click “More”
  • Click “Share My Pronouns”
  • OR – you can hover over your video thumbnail, click the 3-dots menu in the top-right corner, and click “Share My Pronouns”

3. To un-share your pronouns, repeat the above steps and remove the text in the “Pronouns” field, or simply change the pulldown to “Do Not Share” (remember to save your changes).

Of course, contact me if you have questions.