ZOOM meetings

Technical requirements

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The pages in this section are to help you get ready for your first ZOOM web conferencing meeting, and participate in any future meetings.

Technical recommendations:

• A web-cam (external or inbuilt) is required if you need to be seen in the meeting
  
  
• A headset is strongly recommended to reduce audio issues caused when using inbuilt microphones with your device or with a web camera
  
  
• Try to "stay wired" as much as possible. This means that you should choose wired connections compared to cable-free/wireless connections...
  • Keep a laptop, computer or device plugged into the power rather than draining the battery, if possible
  • Use a broadband Ethernet/network cable instead of a wireless network connection if you are able
  • Use a mouse and keyboard with cables instead of using a wireless keyboard or mouse
  • If you use a headset and/or microphone, try to use one that plugs in, not a wireless/Bluetooth device
    
    

Downloading ZOOM

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Downloading ZOOM

Prior to joining a ZOOM meeting you need to download the ZOOM meeting app. Make sure you are connected to a wifi connection whilst downloading this.

When you receive a meeting invite click on the link to join the meeting and follow the prompts to download the ZOOM in-meeting app. See example below:  

You can also manually download it from here: https://zoom.us/download

How to join a meeting

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Joining a ZOOM meeting

To join a ZOOM meeting simply click on the link provided in either the email invite or the course page to join the meeting. Make sure you have downloaded the ZOOM app to be able to join the meeting promptly.

See the example (below) of the email invite you would receive:

Alternatively if you have the meeting ID, you can join via your ZOOM app.

Select Join and another window will open with the option to add the meeting ID.

When joining a meeting you will be prompted to select whether you are joining with or without video.

Choose to join with video or without video (you are able to turn your video on and off in the video conferencing screen).

Once in the meeting you will see a screen similar to this (note: the host and the participants videos are turned off, their emails are displayed in place of the video).

Meeting features

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 ZOOM meeting features 

The diagrams below explain more about the features you will come across in the ZOOM in-meeting screen.

Audio and Video Troubleshooting

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Audio and Video troubleshooting

Helpful resources

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For more help with ZOOM meetings and to find out more about the features available you can go to the ZOOM Help Centre.