Please Note:

🚨 students may now need to enter a password to join your virtual office hours

Dear Valued Customer,

As we have previously communicated, Zoom is updating your account’s default Waiting Room setting, empowering your teachers to have more control over their virtual classrooms.

Tonight, March 31st, your Waiting Room default setting will be enabled. We originally communicated this to go live on April 2nd. However, we have decided to take this prudent action immediately to secure our education community.

What is changing: Virtual waiting rooms, the ability to admit students individually or all at once into your virtual classroom.

How-To Assets:

How to Manage Your Waiting Room

Watch this quick video breaking down how to admit participants from your waiting room into the meeting. Watch Now →

Secure Your Virtual Classrooms with Zoom Waiting Rooms

Check out this blog post to learn how to secure your virtual classroom. Read More →

Communication Materials for your Teachers:

(Pleases share these assets with your teachers as soon as possible).

Hi First Name,

As of March 31st, the Waiting Room feature in our account will be automatically turned on by default to ensure your virtual classes are protected and include only the intended students and participants. Going forward, you must admit your students to the virtual classroom.

How do I admit participants into my class?

It’s simple. As the host, once you’ve started the meeting, you’ll begin to see the number of participants in your waiting room within the Manage Participants icon. Next, select Manage Participants to view the full list. Then, you’ll have the option to admit participants individually by selecting the blue Admit button next to their name or all at once with the Admit All option on the top right-hand side of your screen.

How to Manage Your Waiting Room

Watch this 2-minute video breaking down how to admit participants from your waiting room into the meeting. What’s more, read this blog post to learn how to secure your virtual classroom.

Watch Now: http://click.zoom.us/e/84442/rY6gamqx5UA/bjntw5/1483941100?h=iAVgt_Yhpy-B_AXLCBgF5AQU7uwugp9BRH9ok5kgFhQ

Read More: http://click.zoom.us/e/84442/ur-meetings-zoom-waiting-rooms/bjntw9/1483941100?h=iAVgt_Yhpy-B_AXLCBgF5AQU7uwugp9BRH9ok5kgFhQ

For more information on the Waiting Room feature, please visit our Knowledge Center or our Blog.

Please reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions at support@zoom.us.

Thank you!

Team Zoom