Topic: Enter a topic or name for your meeting.

Start: Select a date and time for your meeting. You can start your meeting at any time before the scheduled time.

Duration: Choose the approximate duration of the meeting. This is only for scheduling purposes. The meeting will not end after this length of time.

Time Zone: By default, Zoom will use your computer's time zone. Click the drop-down menu to select a different time zone.

Recurring meeting: Choose if you would like a recurring meeting (the meeting ID will remain the same for each session).

Use Personal Meeting ID: Check this if you want to use your Personal Meeting ID. If not selected, a random unique meeting ID will be generated.

*Password: You can select and input your meeting password here. Joining participants will be required to input this before joining your scheduled meeting.

Video:

Host: Choose if you would like the host video on or off when joining the meeting. Even if you choose off, the host will have the option to start their video.

Participant: Choose if you would like the participants' videos on or off when joining the meeting. Even if you turn off, the participants will have the option to start their video.

Audio: Choose whether to allow users to call in via Telephone only, Computer Audio only, Both.

Calendar: Select a calendar service to add the meeting to and send out invites to participants.

Enable waiting room: Allow the host to control when a participant joins the meeting. Host can admit attendees one by one or hold all attendees in the waiting room and admit them all at once.

Enable join before host: Allow participants to join the meeting without you or before you join.

**Mute participants on entry: If join before host is not enabled, this will mute participants as they join the meeting. Participants can unmute themselves after joining the meeting.

Authenticated users can join: Allow hosts to restrict participants who can join a meeting to those who are logged into Zoom, and even restrict it to Zoom users who's email address uses a certain domain.

Record the meeting automatically: Check this if you want the meeting to be automatically recorded. Select if you want it to be recorded locally (to your computer) or to the cloud (zoom.us/recording).

Alternative hosts: Enter the email address of another Zoom user who is Licensed, on your account to allow them to start the meeting in your absence. Read more about Alternative Host.