That way, you’ll be able to screen attendees by sending them to a virtual staging area until you let them join. You can start when participants log in or when you, as the host, are ready for them.įor the latter option - and improved security - create a Waiting Room. When it comes to starting your meeting, you have two choices. To learn more, visit How to Limit Your Meeting to Authenticated Users. This setting, which can be enabled on a meeting-by-meeting basis, defaults to limit attendees to those logged in with a Stanford University Zoom account, but other options are available to you. To create an invite-only meeting, enable the setting Only authenticated users can join meetings.

When they join, you’ll see their Stanford name in the Participants window - nobody will be permitted to join anonymously. Allow only logged-in users to joinĪnother way to restrict who can join your meeting is to allow only guests who log into Zoom with their Stanford identity or an email from another specified domain that you list. 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 public communication or social media channels, anyone with the link can slip in-including participants who may have nefarious intent. 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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