Preventing Uninvited Guests and Unwanted Interruptions in Zoom

This article will describe what to do to prevent unwanted intruders in your Zoom meetings.

Zoom

PRE-MEETING Settings:

• Use a Waiting Room and only admit known people
• Do not use Personal Meeting ID for Public Meetings
• Require a passcode to join your meeting https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360033559832-Meeting-and-Webinar-Passwords  
• Only allow Registered or domain users https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/211579443-Registration-for-Meetings?zcid=1231

IN-MEETING Settings:

• Once all attendees have arrived lock the meeting
• Enable Waiting room after meeting start if you forgot to - then kick to waiting room any troublesome users
• Control Screen sharing for host only. 
• Disable Private Chat
• Turn off annotation
• Mute participants (especially useful is the Mute All button)
• Remove participants

Additional Resources:

• Best Practices for Securing your Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/docs/doc/Securing%20Your%20Zoom%20Meetings.pdf
• Best Practices for Securing Your Virtual Classroom: https://blog.zoom.us/best-practices-for-securing-your-virtual-classroom/
• JMU IT Zoom Service Page: https://www.jmu.edu/computing/communication-and-collaboration/zoom.shtml 

For additional questions you can contact the IT Help Desk at 540-568-3555 or at helpdesk@jmu.edu.