Host and Participants Video: Both options should be left off. When both the host and participant(s) join the meeting, their video is by default turned off.
Audio Type: Select both Telephone and Computer Audio. This option determines how participants can join the audio portion of the meeting.
Join Before Host: This option should also be turned off to ensure that the instructor is present before attendees can access the meeting room.
Enable Personal Meeting ID: This option should be turned off so that meetings always have a unique ID and passcode assigned to them.
Mute Participants Upon Entry: This option should be turned on so the participants are automatically muted when they join the meeting.
Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when scheduling a meeting / when starting an instant meeting: We recommend to keep both of these option toggled off.
Add watermark: Toggle this option on if you want to protect your content to copied and distributed. For general meeting purpose we recommend to toggle this off.
In Meeting (Basic)
Chat: This should be toggled on so that meeting participants can send a message visible to all participants.
Co-host: This option is recommended to be turned on, so you may add users as a co-host when necessary, such as a TA.
Polling: This should be toggled on so you can create polls during the meeting.
Screen sharing: This should be turned on so the host and participants can share their screens during the meeting. Under this settings there are two other option that can be changed.
Under the Who can share? option, All participants can be selected so everyone can share their screen.
Under the Who can share when someone else is sharing? option, Host only should be selected.
Annotation: This should be left off as it can interfere with the class.
Allow removed participants to rejoin: This should be turned on so that previously removed meeting participants and webinar panelists to rejoin in case they were accidentally removed.
In Meeting (Advanced)
Report participants to Zoom: This should be turned on so that the host can report meeting participants for inappropriate behavior to the Zoom Trust and Safety team. This setting can be found on the Security icon on the meeting controls toolbar.
Breakout room: This should be turned on so that the host can split participants into smaller rooms for group work and discussions. The check box to allow the host to assign participants to breakout rooms while scheduling should be turned on.
Allow removed participants to rejoin: This should also be turned off.
Email Notification
When Cloud Recording is available: This should be turned on. If you choose to record to the cloud, you will receive a notification once the meeting recording has processed and is ready to view.
When attendees join meeting before host: This should be turned off, as if left on, you will receive an email notification each time a student clicks on your meeting link(s).
Other
Save Recordings to the Zoom Cloud: This option should be selected when recording a Zoom meeting. Choosing to save the recording to the Zoom Cloud ensures your recordings will be accessible to students online for the duration of the semester. Please note that you must download and save all files stored on your Zoom Cloud to your OneDrive or local device, as all recordings saved to the Zoom Cloud will be automatically deleted after 180 days.Click here for instructions on downloading recordings from the Zoom storage cloud, and uploading those recordings to OneDrive and Brightspace.
Blur response on iOS task switcher: This should be turned on so the potential sensitive information can be hidden.
