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This article will provide ways to deal with unexpected behavior among Zoom meeting participants. |
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Please immediately install updates if prompted to do so by Zoom. The company regularly releases patches to address any security concerns. |
Instructions
Removing
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a Participant
People may take advantage of unsecured Zoom meetings to drop in, promote their social media or businesses, share inappropriate materials, and just or generally cause trouble. Be prepared to handle this situation using the following steps.
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Participants in the bottom toolbar.
Hover over the participant’s name and click More.
Click Remove to remove the participant.
Preventing Uninvited Participants
To avoid letting in uninvited participants in the first place, you can lock your Zoom meeting so no one can join after a certain point.
Click Security in the bottom toolbar.
Click Lock Meeting. This will automatically turn away anyone attempting to join the meeting.
To unlock the meeting, repeat the same steps.
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While a screen is being shared:
Click View Options at the top of your screen.
Click Stop Participant’s Sharing in red text at the bottom of the resulting menu.
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Preventative Actions
There are some options available when you schedule a meeting that can help prevent these incidents.
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Join Before Host - Do not use
Please do not enable join before host, as this allows people access to the meeting when it is not actually occurring.
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When the meeting is active, you have access to controls which define what participants are able to do.
Chat
Click Chat.
Click More.
Scroll down to find Allow Attendees to Chat With.
Choose from No one, Host Only, Everyone Publicly, or Everyone Publicly and Privately.
Participant Audio and Video
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You can Mute or Unmute all participants at once in the Manage Participants screen. You can also click More and then uncheck Allow participants to unmute themselves so that only the Host (or Co-Host) has the power to unmute participants. |
Go to Manage Participants.
Find the participant name you want to change permissions for, then click More over that participant’s name.
Click Mute/Unmute to toggle muting for the individual participant, or Stop Video to disable that participant’s video feed.
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Unfortunately, Zoom does not allow you to preemptively disallow a participant from enabling their video feed at this time. |
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