Adjust Zoom settings for standard meetings
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About standard meetings
Standard Zoom meetings support up to 300 simultaneous participants. Licenses for large meetings (up to 500 participants) and webinars in two sizes (up to 1,000 or 3,000 participants) are available to faculty and staff; to request a license, email UITS Videoconferencing Support.
To work with settings for standard meetings, see below. For large meetings or webinars, see Use Zoom for large video meetings or webinars at IU.
Before meetings
To adjust settings for your Zoom meetings before beginning one, you have two options:
- From zoom.iu.edu:
- For meeting settings (for example, enabling recording or waiting rooms): From the menu on the left, click .
- For profile settings (for example, editing your Personal Meeting ID): From the menu on the left, click .
- From the Zoom client: For instructions, refer to Zoom's About Settings.
During a meeting
To adjust your view of participants, see Manage Zoom meeting views.
For details about adjusting security settings once your meeting has started, see What you can do during a meeting.
Available settings
Available settings for using standard meetings are as follows:
| Setting | zoom.iu.edu | Zoom client |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | ||
| Adjust closed caption font size | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Always show meeting controls | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Enable/disable closed captioning | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable play sound on join/leave | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Audio/video settings | ||
| Configure/test computer audio and video | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Enable/disable dual camera sharing | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable far-end camera control | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Turn host video on/off when joining the meeting | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Turn participant video on/off when joining the meeting | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Feature management | ||
| Enable/disable annotation | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable attention tracking | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable breakout rooms | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable chat for all meetings | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable polling | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable private chat | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable remote support | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable virtual backgrounds | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable waiting rooms | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Meeting settings | ||
| Create recurring meetings | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Edit email notification settings | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable telephony audio, VoIP, or both | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Set date, time, duration | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Set description | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | No |
| Set topic | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Participant management | ||
| Assign alternative hosts | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | No |
| Enable/disable allowing host to put attendee on hold | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable co-hosts | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable join before host | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Mute participants upon entry | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | No |
| Profile settings | ||
| Create/edit vanity URL (called Personal Link in profile settings) | ✔Yes | No |
| Edit Personal Meeting ID | ✔Yes | No |
| Set language | ✔Yes | No |
| Set time zone | ✔Yes | No |
| Recording and content management | ||
| Enable/disable automatic recording | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable chat auto-saving | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable file transfers | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Record meeting automatically | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | No |
| Set recording location | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Share Zoom windows in desktop sharing | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Security | ||
| Enable/disable end-to-end encryption | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable generating and requiring password for participants joining by phone | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Enable/disable required registration | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | No |
| Require meeting password | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) |
| Require participants to be logged into Zoom accounts | ✔Yes (for a specific meeting) | |
| Require password when manually joining meeting via Meeting ID | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Require password when joining instant meeting | ✔Yes (for all meetings) | No |
| Zoom settings | ||
| Confirm before leaving meetings | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Enable the remote control of all applications | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Enter full screen automatically when starting or joining a meeting/viewing a screen shared by others | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Maximize Zoom window automatically when viewing screen shared by others | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Play sound when I receive a chat message | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Scale to fit my Zoom window when viewing screen shared by others | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Show floating notification when I receive a chat message | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Show my status as offline when I am inactive for __ minutes | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Show offline contacts | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Start Zoom when Windows starts | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Sync up status from Outlook calendar | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
| Use dual monitors | No | ✔Yes (for a specific device) |
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Last modified on 2023-08-16 13:20:42.