Teach Yourself VISUALLY Zoom. Paul McFedries

Click the Start button that appears next to the meeting you want to start.

      Zoom starts the meeting.

      Using the Zoom Mobile App

      

Tap Meetings.

      

Tap the meeting you want to start.

      

Tap Start.

      Zoom starts the meeting.

      TIP

      What happens if an attendee attempts to join my meeting before I have started it?

      If you have not started your meeting yet, someone attempting to join the meeting sees a dialog that says Please wait for the host to start this meeting. Note that you can configure your Zoom account to allow users to join a meeting before you do. See Chapter 8.

Explore Host Controls

As the meeting host, you have access to a number of features that enable you to control various aspects of the meeting and its participants. When you start a meeting using the desktop app, Zoom opens the meeting in a new window. At the bottom of that window, you see a toolbar that offers a number of icons. If you host a meeting using the Zoom mobile app, you see a similar set of icons.

      Zoom hides the toolbar after a few seconds of inactivity, so if you do not see the toolbar, move your mouse or tap the screen.

       Mute/Unmute

      Turns off your audio. Select Unmute to turn your audio back on.

       Stop Video/Start Video

      Turns off your video. Select Start Video to turn your video back on.

       Security

      Displays a menu of security settings for the meeting. See Chapter 9.

       Participants

      Displays the Participants pane, which contains a list of the meeting attendees.

       Chat

      Displays the Chat pane, which enables you to exchange messages with other meeting attendees. See Chapter 11.

       Share Screen

      Displays a window of options for sharing content with the participants. See Chapter 6.

       Record

      Records the meeting locally or to the cloud. See Chapter 7.

       Closed Caption

      Assigns an attendee to type closed captions. See the section “Assign an Attendee to Type Closed Captions” later in this chapter.

       Reactions

      Adds a reaction icon to your video feed. See Chapter 3.

       Breakout Rooms

      Creates one or more breakout rooms. See the section “Enable Breakout Rooms for Participants” later in this chapter.

       End

      Stops the meeting. See the section “End a Meeting” later in this chapter.

Allow a Person into Your Meeting

If you have enabled the Waiting Room feature for your meeting, you need to allow authorized users into the meeting when they ask to join. The Waiting Room security feature (see Chapter 9) prevents unauthorized users from joining your meeting. This is highly recommended for all meetings, but it does give you as the meeting host an extra task: you must watch for users in the waiting room, determine whether they are authorized, and then allow access to legitimate meeting participants.

      Allow a Person into Your Meeting

       Zoom displays a bar similar to the one shown here if one or more users are in the waiting room.

      

To allow a single authorized user into the meeting, click Admit.

      Zoom allows the user to join the meeting.

       If multiple users are in the waiting room, click View instead; then continue with step 2.

      Zoom opens the Participants pane.

      

Admit the authorized users:

       To admit a single user, click that user’s Admit button.

       To admit everyone in the waiting room, click Admit all.