Settings are applied to all future meetings, so managing them before you start can create a smoother experience for you and your participants.

Suspend Participant Activities: Turn off all participants' video, audio, and ability to share their screen.īefore using Zoom, it is helpful to review several important meeting and recording features in the Zoom web portal.

Modify participant permissions: Allow or disallow participants to share their screen, chat, unmute their microphone, and start their video.

You can also set this option before the meeting. When enabled, participants are held in virtual waiting rooms until admitted by the meeting host.

Enable Waiting Room: Choose to enable or disable the waiting room feature.

Once a participant is removed, they can’t rejoin.

Remove Participants: Remove unwanted participants from your meeting.

Once the meeting is locked, the host will not know if other participants try to join.

Lock Meeting: Once all participants join, lock the meeting to prevent uninvited guests from entering.

If you already have the Zoom desktop client installed, you can check for updates.ĭuring a Zoom meeting, you can use the Security icon in the meeting toolbar to easily modify security settings:

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This feature can be enabled on a per-meeting basis. Admitting participants from the waiting room requires an additional step for the host but provides increased control over who joins the meeting. Participants are held in virtual waiting rooms until admitted by the meeting host.

Waiting Room: Control when a participant joins the meeting.

Anyone with the invite link can join the meeting.

Share Links Safely: Only share meeting information and invitation links with intended participants and do not post publicly.

However, anyone that joins through Blackboard or via the meeting invite link will not need the passcode.

Require meeting passcodes: Participants will be asked to enter a passcode to join meetings.

The following options can help you increase the privacy of your meetings by restricting participants' access and functionality before or during a meeting. Zoom provides a variety of settings to secure your meetings and keep out unwanted participants.

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