If you don’t have a license to host a webinar, submit a Zoom Help request to get one at no cost to you. That way, you can control who can participate with video, audio, chat and screen sharing. If you want your meeting to be open to the public, convert it to a webinar. To ensure only invited guests join, send meeting links to attendees directly, and ask that they not be shared broadly. When you share a meeting link in a public communication or social media channel, anyone with the link can slip in-including participants who may have nefarious intent. Create a 'Waiting Room' to screen who's trying to join your meeting and admit guests when you're ready for them to join. Require guests to log in with a Stanford identity or other specified email by enabling the 'Authenticated Users' feature. Send meeting links directly to attendees instead of sharing them in public or social media channels.Īllow only logged-in users to join. Avoid Zoom Disruptions Top Three Tipsīe intentional about whom you invite. Taking just three simple precautions to manage who can join before your meeting even starts will go a long way towards keeping unwanted guests out. Zoom offers multiple security features to protect your meetings. Zoom-bombing incidents, which can be very offensive and disruptive, are still happening here at Stanford and across other institutions.

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