Virtual Meeting Background Images

Downloadable UC Davis Video Conferencing Backgrounds

Add a little UC Davis flair to your virtual meetings by adding a virtual background to give your video conferencing chat a more professional feel while you are really plopped on the couch.

Virtual Backgrounds now offered in Zoom

The set of backgrounds below is available to all users of the UC Davis Zoom environment. To use one, start Zoom and go to Settings > Video & Effects > Virtual Background and select your desired background.

How to setup a virtual background

Download your favorite images from our album and visit Zoom's instructions on how to change your virtual background or Microsoft Teams' instructions for changing your background.

Want to add some movement to your meetings?

Tired of static virtual backgrounds? Do you also miss physically being on campus? Solve both those troubles with an animated virtual background, available now on the UC Davis GIPHY account.

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People relax on a grassy park area with trees; benches are visible in the foreground.

Students relax under trees by a serene lake on a sunny day at UC Davis.

Bicycles parked under vibrant autumn trees at UC Davis campus.

Students on scooters and bicycles on a tree-lined campus pathway with autumn foliage.

A person sitting on green grass under a tree, with a university building in the background.

A young lamb stands in a barn entrance, with brown wooden walls and straw on the floor.

Orange poppies in the foreground with a water tower against a clear blue sky.

Outdoor courtyard with tables and large yellow umbrellas

library study room, with lines of books and desks

large residence halls with

Ducks laying on lawn

UC Davis library staircases

UC Davis water tower

Stacks of records at KDVS

grapevines with UC Davis water tower in background

closeup of California poppies with people walking in the background

park scene with hammocks and students lounging

street scene with pedestrians, bikes and a short old fashioned silo in the background

wide angle view of a football stadium during a game

photo of a tall brick and glass building with Memorial Union sign on it

composite photo illustration of Bookhead egghead and Shields library

composite photo illustration of Fatal Laff egghead and Mrak Hall

composite photo illustration of Yin and Yang eggheads and Wright Hall

composite photo illustration of Stargazer egghead and Dutton Hall

composite photo illustration of See No Evil/Hear No Evil eggheads and Mrak Hall

illustration featuring water tower, bus and memorial union

illustration featuring water tower, Mrak hall, North hall, and arborteum

illustration featuring water tower, bus and memorial union

illustration featuring Davis campus, water tower, Tower bridge and Aggie Square

illustration featuring dining services locations

illustration featuring water tower, bus, Capitol building and Aggie Square

illustration featuring Silo dining services location

water tower illustration with blue watercolor background

bus illustration with Go Ags! script mark

blue oak tree illustration with Go Ags! script mark

Gunrock illustration with Go Ags! megaphone mark

cow on bike illustration with Go Ags! script mark

Blue background featuring a large tree silhouette with UC Davis branding and slogan.

A scientist in a lab coat and hairnet examines a transparent specimen under bright lighting.

A smiling woman in a black shirt interacts with a doctor using a stethoscope.

A scientist examines a sample under a microscope in a laboratory setting.