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MCC Daily Tribune

Display Name Change in Zoom

You may have noticed yesterday that your display name changed in Zoom! We’ve changed the format of what comes up as your default Zoom display name, so that it is now your Preferred Name followed by your Last Name. Your Preferred Name will just be your First Name, if you haven’t explicitly told MCC to change it within our systems. This change is so that folks can be more easily identified for attendance purposes, and to ensure that you are properly identified by the first name you prefer. To make this change possible, we’d like to give a big shout-out to Pete Zarcone and Jeff Savage in MCC’s information technology departments, who took care of the technical wizardry behind the scenes.

What if I don’t see this change yet? You may need to log out and back in to Zoom, which you can do through the Zoom software on your computer, or by visiting https://monroecommunity.zoom.us. If you still don’t see it change over, you can contact the Student Technology Help Desk www.monroecc.edu/go/StudentTechHelp if you’re a student, or the Virtual Campus virtualcampus@monroecc.edu if you’re an MCC employee.

How can I change my Preferred Name in MCC’s systems? If you’re a student, you can access the Preferred Name Change form for students here: https://qafederation.ngwebsolutions.com/sp/startSSO.ping?PartnerIdpId=https://auth.monroecc.edu/&TargetResource=https%3a%2f%2fdynamicforms.ngwebsolutions.com%2fSubmit%2fStart%2f29c73a7d-d1b6-4597-a8ff-0ade6e341679
Likewise, here’s the Preferred Name Change form for employees: https://qafederation.ngwebsolutions.com/sp/startSSO.ping?PartnerIdpId=https://auth.monroecc.edu/&TargetResource=https%3a%2f%2fdynamicforms.ngwebsolutions.com%2fSubmit%2fStart%2f6afef589-fde7-40d3-8efd-2bf665c88918

Where can I find out more info on MCC’s Preferred First Name Policy? https://www.monroecc.edu/fileadmin/SiteFiles/GeneralContent/depts/policy/documents/2.23_Preferred_First_Name_Policy.pdf

 

Bonus fact: Did you know that Zoom has built-in features to allow you to show your preferred pronouns? To set this up, you go to the web interface for your Zoom account (which here at MCC will be https://monroecommunity.zoom.us), sign in, and then click on Profile on the left, and then the Edit link to the right of your name. You’ll be able to put in your pronouns (Zoom will automatically add parentheses), and also chose whether you want your pronouns to always show up, or to be asked each time you go into a meeting whether you want to share them.

Jeremy Case
Virtual Campus
12/02/2021