Zoom Installers
- Zoom Installation Packages and Browser Plug-ins (Chrome/Firefox)
- Windows - Zoom Client for Meetings and the Zoom Plug-in for Outlook
- Mac - Zoom Client for Meetings and the Zoom Plug-in for Outlook
- Web - Zoom Chrome Extension and Zoom Firefox Extension
- Phone/Tablet - Zoom can be installed from the App Store or Google Play Store
Zoom Tutorial Links
Meeting Settings
| Setting | On | Off | Notes/Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Video | Host webcam starts when they join the meeting. | Host webcam must be turned on by the host. | Recommend: On |
| Participant Video | Participant webcam starts when they join the meeting. | Host has to allow participant to activate their webcam. | Recommend: On |
| Audio Type |  |  |
Recommend: Telephone and Computer Audio |
| Join before host | Allows participants to join the meeting early if the host hasn't arrived yet. | Only allows participants to join once the host has joined the meeting. | This will allow participants to join early and should probably be on for most meetings. Recommend: On |
| Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when scheduling a meeting | Uses the PMI and means any meeting you schedule will use your personal room. | Allows the user to schedule meetings without using their personal room. |
Recommend: Off |
| Mute participants upon entry | Mutes participant mic upon joining, must request host permission to speak. | Enables participant mic when they join, allowing them to speak freely. | Useful for preventing interruptions by participants joining late. May cause confusion for participants thinking they have a hardware problem. Recommend: Off |
| Calendar Integration | Allows scheduled Zoom meetings to be saved to your calendar, requires plug-in. | Prevents scheduled Zoom meetings from being saved to your calendar. | Recommend: On |
| Upcoming meeting reminder | Allows the Zoom client to show desktop notifications when you have an upcoming meeting. | Prevents to the Zoom client from showing desktop notifications when you have any upcoming meeting. | Will pop-up desktop notifications from your Zoom client when a meeting is coming up, probably not necessary if you have already integrated with your calendar. Recommend: Off |
| Chat | Allows participants to send chat messages that can be read by the entire class. | Prevents participants from sending chat messages to the entire class. | Recommend: On |
| Private Chat | Allows participants to send private chat messages to each other. | Prevents participants from sending private chat messages to each other. | Recommend: On |
| Play sound when participants join or leave | Allows all participants to hear when a participant joins the meeting. | Prevents everyone from hearing when a participant joins the meeting. | This can additionally be set so that either all participants hear when someone joins or that only the host hears when someone joins. Recommend: On |
| File transfer | Allows hosts/participants to share files via the chat interface. | Prevents hosts/participants from sharing files via the chat interface. | Recommend: On |
| Co-host | Allows the host to add or elevate participants to co-hosts in meeting. | Prevents the host from adding or elevating participants to co-host status. | Recommend: On |
| Polling | Allows the host to create surveys to send out to participants. | Disables the polling controls available to the host. | Recommend: On |
| Always show meeting control toolbar | Shows a small toolbar at the bottom of the screen with the meeting tools. | Hides the toolbar, which can be brought up anytime you move your mouse over the main window. | Recommend: On |
| Show Zoom windows during screen share | Causes participant, chat and other windows to appear while sharing your screen. | Hides everything but the screen being shared and the toolbar. | Recommend: On |
| Annotation | Allows participants to use drawing tools to mark up the screen while it is being shared. | Prevents participants from using drawing tools to mark up the screen during screen sharing. | Recommend: On |
| Whiteboard | Allows participants to bring up the whiteboard function and use mark up tools. | Prevents participants from bringing up the whiteboard function. | Recommend: On |
| Remote Control | Allows the person sharing their screen to pass control of the shared screen to others. | Prevents the person sharing their screen from passing control of the shared screen to others. | Recommend: On |
| Nonverbal feedback | Allows participants in a meeting to use emojis and other non-verbal feedback available from the participants panel. | Prevents participants in a meeting from using emojis and other non-verbal feedback available from the participants panel. | Recommend: On |
| Allow removed participants to rejoin | Allows participants removed from a meeting to rejoin later. | Prevents participants removed from a meeting from rejoining. | Recommend: On |
| Breakout room | Allows host to split meeting into separate smaller rooms then bring them back together. | Prevents host from splitting meeting into separate smaller rooms then bring them back together. | Recommend: On |