Answering Your Security Questions
We had a few questions during the “Securing Your Zoom Meetings” webinar that we weren’t able to address in real time. Rather than respond to everyone individually via e-mail, I thought it might be helpful to post my responses here, as a supplement to the recording posted earlier. So let’s get to it: Question: Is […]
View the Webinar: Securing Your Zoom Meetings
Thanks to everyone who attended our seminar on best practices for securing your Zoom meetings. It was great to be able to share some tips, review some features and take your questions. If you were unable to attend, the recording is now available for viewing. If you did view the webinar but were just interested […]
Upcoming Webinar: Securing Your Zoom Meetings
Join us Tuesday, May 26 at 11:00AM for an overview of Zoom security features and best practices to protect your meetings from intrusions and disruptions. Learn how to use your account settings and in-meeting controls to lock out “Zoombombers” so you and your invited guests can confidently share and collaborate in a secure virtual environment. […]
Pre-Assigning Participants to Breakout Rooms
One of the more helpful tools in Zoom, “Breakout Rooms” allows hosts to divide participants into smaller groups for discussion and collaboration, then return them to the “main” meeting when those discussions conclude. By default, Zoom will randomly choose which participants are assigned to each Breakout Room, but as host, you do have the ability […]
Using the “Registration” Feature
One of the best ways to ensure the security of your Zoom meetings is to require registration. To use this feature, log into your account at vcu.zoom.us and choose “Schedule Meeting.” Once you’ve entered the rest of your meeting details, check the box for “registration required.” Scroll to the bottom of the page, hit “Save” […]
“Chat” vs. “Chat”
An earlier message to VCU Zoom users referenced changes to the security settings in Zoom Chat, restricting participation to persons in the host’s “Contacts” list. This has created some confusion and concern we’d like to address here. To clarify, there are two forms of Chat in Zoom. One is “In-Meeting Chat,” the version that runs […]