What should I do if a participant is disruptive?

1. In the Host Menu bottom of your meeting screen, click Participants, select a name from the list, and select the necessary option (e.g. Remove participant from meeting, Mute, or Turn off video).
2. If you are the only one who needs to share your screen, click the share screen up arrow > Advanced Sharing Options. Under “Who Can Share?”, select "Only Host".

How do I keep control of my Zoom meetings?

Secure your Zoom meetings and limit bad behavior by following these best practices:

1. Use a Random Meeting ID and require a password. Share the password with participants via direct message just before the meeting.
2. Enable the Waiting Room: click the Participants icon > More > Enable Waiting Room. The host must then admit participants from the waiting room by going to Manage Participants > Admit.
3. Ensure only the host can share their screen: next to Share Screen, click the up arrow > Advanced Sharing Options > Only Host.
4. Mute everyone except host upon entry: next to the Video icon, click the up arrow > Video Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts, then select Mute Audio for Everyone Except Host.
5. Turn off Annotation to prevent attendees from writing on the shared screen.
6. Turn off File Transfer to prevent attendees from sharing files.
7. Disable private chat to prevent anyone from getting or sending unwanted messages during the meeting.
8. Lock the meeting after all participants have joined to prevent anyone else from joining (even with the meeting ID and password).

What is Zoom’s Waiting Room feature?

The Waiting Room allows a host to admit attendees one at a time or hold all attendees in the waiting room and then admit them all at once.

• This feature does not work for webinars—use a webinar practice session as an alternative.
• You can send all participants into the waiting room when joining your meeting or only guests, participants who are not on your Zoom account or are not signed in. Their screen informs them that the host will let them in the meeting soon. You can customize the waiting room message.
• Waiting Room participants cannot join before the host.