This passcode can be found right below the meeting ID on the invitation sent to you. You will now be asked to provide a meeting passcode.

Once you have done this, click on the “join” button. You can also choose to have your audio and video off upon entering the meeting by checking those boxes.ģ. You must provide a name to appear in the participants list for the meeting. The meeting ID is usually a series of numbers.Īfter copy & pasting or typing the meeting ID into the space provided, click on the area for your name.

If the host emailed the invitation to you, it would be located below the URL link. This information must be provided to you by the host. After clicking “join a meeting”, you will be prompted to enter a meeting ID. Another red “leave meeting” button will appear. Orange Arrow: When you are ready to leave the meeting, click the red “leave” button. White Arrow: Depending on the host settings, you may find an option to record the meeting to your computer. If the host allows, participants can click this icon and then choose what files from their computer to share. Grey Arrow: Zoom allows participants to share content to the meeting window. When sending a chat, you can choose “everyone” or specific participants to chat with my using the drop-down menu. Yellow Arrow: By clicking on the chat icon, a side bar will open that allows you to communicate with the host & participants without speaking out loud. By clicking on the icon, a side bar will open with the names of all participants. Green Arrow: This allows you to see how many people are participating in the meeting. If your video is on, participants will be able to see whatever is in the view of your computer camera. You can control it my clicking on the camera icon. It is good Zoom etiquette to keep yourself muted unless you are the one speaking.īlue Arrow: Like the mic, your video may be automatically turned off. Likewise, click on the mic again to unmute. If not, click on the mic and it will mute.

If your mic has a red line through it, then you are muted. Alternatively you can toggle the space bar to mute/unmute yourself.Red Arrow: You may be automatically muted upon entering a meeting. Select the mute/unmute microphone icon on the Zoom toolbar at the bottom of your screen. You can mute and unmute yourself at any time during your meeting. Starting and stopping your audio during your meeting It is a good idea to check your audio prior to joining your meeting, to ensure that you can resolve any issues ahead of time. If you always want to join using internet audio you can select automatically join audio by computer when joining a meeting in your audio settings.Īt UCL you will join a meeting muted by default, however the meeting organiser may have changed these settings when the meeting was set up. Select dial in if you want to use a standard phone line to call in to the meeting, otherwise select internet audio. You can select call using internet audio or dial in. When you join a Zoom meeting you will be prompted to join the audio so that you can hear other attendees in the meeting. Using audio correctly in your meeting helps you to get the most out of it.

Joining a zoom meeting