Zoom Recommendations

We can provide layers of security with our Zoom meetings as described below:

Required Zoom Meeting settings for teachers:

• Always use a Passcode: Create a passcode and share with your students via Schoology page or other password protected page, so only those intended to join can access a virtual classroom.

Recommended Zoom Meeting settings for teachers: (additional layers)

• Enable Waiting Room: The Waiting Room feature is one of the best ways to protect your Zoom virtual classroom and keep out those who aren’t supposed to be there.

• Use a random meeting ID: It’s best practice to generate a random meeting ID for your class, so it can’t be shared multiple times. This is the better alternative to using your Personal Meeting ID, which is not advised because it’s basically an ongoing meeting that’s always running.

• Disable join before host: Students cannot join class before the teacher joins and will see a pop-up that says, “The meeting is waiting for the host to join.“

• Require registration: This shows you every email address of everyone who signed up to join your class and can help you evaluate who’s attending.

• Teacher should NOT use the setting, “Allow only authenticated users to join”.

Teachers should also know the following:

• Lock your classroom: You can lock a Zoom session that’s already started, so that no one else can join.

• Lock down the chat: Teachers can restrict the in-class chat so students cannot privately message other students.

• Remove a participant: If someone who’s not meant to be there somehow manages to join your virtual classroom, you can easily remove them from the Participants menu.