Keep Zoom Meetings Secure and Reduce the Odds of Unwanted Guests
Zoom offers a number of security settings and features to help reduce the possibility of unwelcome attendees joining your meeting. Unwanted attendees could listen, capture screenshots, or disrupt the meeting.
Security setting options before your Zoom meeting
Security options during your meeting for Host (or Co-Host)
What to do when you encounter unwanted guests or online misconduct
Security setting options before your Zoom meeting
The following options are available when scheduling your Zoom meeting:
- Always Generate meeting IDs Automatically
- Enable Passcode (set by default)
- Enable Waiting Room - allows host to prepare or hold a in camera session
Under Advanced options
- Disable Allow participants to Join anytime
- Enable Mute participants upon entry
- Enable Only authenticated users can join by signing into Zoom
For larger public meetings use Registration option to control when and how your attendee receives the Zoom meeting link.
Learn how to setup Registration feature for a meeting
Security options during your meeting for Host (or Co-Host)
During your Zoom meeting you can instantaneously access the security controls.
- Select the Security icon to access options.
- Choose following options:
The following options can be changed during the meeting:
Lock Meeting will prevent new participants from joining the meeting
Enable Waiting Room will place new attendees into a Waiting Room
Hide Profile Picture will replace picture with name of the participant
Allow participants to:
Share Screen
Chat
Rename Themselves
Unmute Themselves
Start Video
Screen Sharing
Advance options
During your meeting the host (or co-host) can control who and when participants can Screen Share.
- Select Share Screen (^).
- Choose the options that fit your meeting needs.
What to do when you encounter unwanted guests or online misconduct
- Select the Security icon
- Select the appropriate action.
Remove Participant will remove the participant permanently from the meeting
Suspend Participant Activities will quickly lock meeting, turn off video, audio, disable chat and screen sharing
- Report incident to Zoom (this option will appear when you select either remove or suspend) and email ITSecurity@ocadu.ca
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