This feature will allow you to move participants into a waiting room temporarily until you are ready
to admit them back into the main session. This is another option to use as a warning before removing a student completely from the session.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Advanced)
4. Make sure Waiting Room is turned ON (highlighted blue)
Click the pencil icon to customize with your course name and school logo and any other information you would like them to see before you log-in
6. When opening your meeting, click on Manage Participants
7. Click Admit All
8. If you would like to move participants into the waiting room during the meeting, click Manage Participants
9. Click More next to the participant’s name and chose “Put in Waiting Room”
This will block students from renaming themselves on their end. You are still able to rename any individual student as you desire.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with google
2. Select Settings
3. In Click In-Meeting (Basic)
4. Make sure the Allow participants to rename themselves is off
This setting will ensure students are not able to share their screen during the meeting and teachers will continue to have screen share control. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Basic)
4. Make sure Screen sharing is turned ON (highlighted blue)
5. Under Who can share? Select HOST ONLY
6. Click Save
7. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
This transfers the Host Role from your account (or whoever started the meeting) to the desired participant like your co-teacher or co-facilitator.
1. To use this function – during the meeting select manage participants
2. hover your cursor over the participant you want to make the Host click MORE then click Make Host
This feature will remove students from the zoom room permanently (unlike hold or a waiting room)
if needed. This should be used for send-outs.
1. In the session, Click Manage Participants
2. Hover over a participant and click “MORE”
3. Select Remove
4. Click OK
This will block students from unmuting themselves on their end in the case a student becomes disruptive. You are still able to unmute any individual student as they raise their hand or you want to call on them. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions
Click on Manage Participants
hover your cursor over the participant and click on the Mute button
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with google
2. Select Settings
3. Schedule Meeting
4. Make sure Embed password in meeting link for one-click joins turned OFF
This will block students from unmuting themselves on their end. You are still able to unmute any individual student as they raise their hand or you want to call on them. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with google
2. Select Settings
3. Click on schedule meeting header
4. Scroll down to Mute participants upon entry
5. Make sure Mute participants upon entry is turned ON (highlighted blue)
6. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
This will block students from chatting individually with one another or the whole group. Students are still able to send chats to you as the teacher. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with google
Select Settings
Click In-Meeting (Basic)
5. Make sure Chat is turned ON (highlighted blue)
6. Make sure Private Chat is turned OFF (highlighted grey)
7. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
This feature will automatically save the chats from your meeting in local computer. In order for this function to work, the session must be recorded. This feature is helpful to respond to questions or comments after the meeting you may not have been able to get to during the session.
1. To set up AutoSave Chat Feature
Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
Select Settings
Click In-Meeting (Basic)
Make sure Autosaving chats is turned ON (highlighted blue)
This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
2. To access your saved chats
Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us sign in with google
Select Recordings
Click on the meeting
This will show all files for your meeting. You can download, share or delete the TXT file called In-Meeting Chat
This setting will ensure students are not able to annotate on your shared screen during the meeting. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Basic)
4. Make sure Annotation is turned OFF (highlighted grey)
5. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
A whiteboard is similar to a screen share. Turning this off will ensure students are not able to share a “Whiteboard” during the meeting. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Basic)
4. Make sure Whiteboard is turned OFF (highlighted grey)
5. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meeting
This setting will allow you to move a participant out of the zoom room temporarily until you admit them back into the meeting. This could be used as a warning before removing a student completely from the session.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Basic)
4. Make sure Allow Host to put attendee on hold is turned ON (highlighted blue)
5. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
To use this function – during the meeting select manage participants
Hover over the name of the attendee you want to put on hold. Click “MORE,” then “Put on Hold”
Click “take off hold” on the participants list whenever you are ready to bring them back into the meet
This setting will ensure students are not able to put up a photo or virtual background behind
them during your meeting. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Advanced)
4. Make sure Virtual Background is turned OFF (highlighted grey)
5. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
This feature will allow you to move participants into a waiting room temporarily until you are ready
to admit them back into the main session. This is another option to use as a warning before removing a student completely from the session.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Advanced)
4. Make sure Waiting Room is turned ON (highlighted blue)
Click the pencil icon to customize with your course name and school logo and any other information you would like them to see before you log-in
5. This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
6. When opening your meeting, click on Manage Participants
7. Click Admit All
8. If you would like to move participants into the waiting room during the meeting, click Manage Participants
9. Click More next to the participant’s name and chose “Put in Waiting Room”
1. Open Zoom from https://zoom.us
2. Choose: Sign In → Sign In with Google
3. Click on Schedule a Meeting
4. Choose: Schedule
a. Topic: [Teacher]’s [Course Name] Class
i. Ms. Fox’s English III Class, Ms. Castro’s Algebra I Class
b. Duration: no limit
c. Time Zone: Eastern Time
d. After Topic, Duration, and Time Zone, choose: Recurring Meeting
e. Video: Host On, Participants On
f. Audio: Telephone and Computer Audio
g. Advanced Options: Mute Participants on Entry
5. Choose: Save
6. Update the recurrence (daily, weekly, etc.) in Google Calendar by clicking Add to Google Calendar option.
7. You can also Copy the hyperlink and Meeting ID in Google Classroom or in an email .
1. Follow the Zoom Room Set Up Instructions included in this guide FIRST to prepare your zoom room
2. Start the meeting by clicking on the meeting link.
3. Choose: Join with Computer Audio
Note that as soon as you click, you are both visible and audible.
4. Click on “Record” at the bottom of the screen to begin recording the lesson.
5. During a lesson:
Use “Mute” to prevent others from hearing what you are saying.
Use “Stop Video” to prevent others from seeing you.
Use “Share” to allow others to see documents, spreadsheets, slides, and other files open on your laptop.
i. Close all non-essential documents or platforms (personal info, grade books, personal websites, etc.) before sharing your screen to prevent accidental sharing of confidential or sensitive information.
ii. Anything shared is visible in the recording.
iii. Choose “Stop Share” to end the screen share.
Use “Chat” to allow meeting participants to respond to or ask questions or to share
directions or stamps in writing. Participants can Chat with “Everyone” or “Host Only.”
i. Chats are not visible in recordings.
ii. Private chats between students should be turned off – please follow the directions in the Zoom Room Set Up section below to disable this feature
6. Choose “Stop Recording” at the end of the lesson.
7. Choose: End Meeting for All
8. Allow recording to be converted automatically to an MP4 file.
9. Rename the “zoom” file in the auto-populated folder following aligned naming convention.
10. Post the renamed video file to Google Classroom.
1. Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us
Sign in with Google
2. Select Settings
3. Click In-Meeting (Advanced)
4. toggle on the Show a join from your browser link
If you start a meeting that does not have participants muted upon entry -use this in session solution
to quickly mute all participants. This will support a smooth session with fewer interruptions.
1. When zoom meeting is in session, select Manage Participants
2. Select Mute All
3. You will be prompted to Allow participants to unmute themselves. Unselect and click yes (or continue)
If students are not dressed appropriately or for any reason need their video turned off while in the
session follow the below directions to shut off specific student’s video.
1. Select Manage Participants
2. Hover over the camera icon for that student and the “More” button will appear
3. Click More
4. Click Stop Video
This setting will ensure students are not able to change their names in the zoom room. This will support a smooth session and allow you to know who is on your call, responding, and interacting.
1. Click on Manage Participants
2. Click on More in the bottom right corner of the participant's box
3. Unclick “Allow participants to rename themselves”
This feature allows students to raise hands virtually, just like in a classroom setting. It allows teachers to call on students with raised hands. This will support a smooth session, giving you control and mirrors an in-person classroom.
1. Click Manage Participants
2. Here students can select Raise Hand at the bottom of the Participant window
3. Also, here you will see students with hand raised symbols
4. You can then select to unmute that student or chat with them privately
5. You will also see a hand raised in the right-hand corner of the participant’s video
This setting will share the audio from your computer in addition to your voice. This is helpful when
playing video.
1. In the zoom session click Share Screen
2. In the bottom left corner of the share screen options select “Share computer sound”
3. This will share the audio from your computer in addition to your voice
What are Breakout rooms? From ZOOM:
1. Step 1: Enable Breakout Rooms for your account
Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us/
Sign in with Google
Select Settings
Click on schedule meeting header
Click on In Meeting (Advanced)
Make sure Breakout Room is turned ON (highlighted blue)
Check “Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms”
This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
2. To use Breakout Rooms:
In the meeting click Breakout Rooms
2. i. Automatically: Let Zoom split your participants up evenly into each of the rooms.
ii. Manually: Choose which participants you would like in each room.
Click Create Rooms
A breakout room window will automatically appear
Click Options at the bottom of the breakout room window to select additional breakout room settings:
To manually assign participants to your rooms, select Assign next to the room you wish to assign participants to and select participants you want to assign to that room. Repeat this for each room
Click start
As the host, you can select “Join” to enter any breakout room
When you want to leave one breakout room and join another you just click Breakout Rooms at the bottom of the screen again and the breakout room pop up window will appear
From the breakout room pop up window, you can leave the room you are in and enter another or close all rooms to have everyone join the main room
Click “close all rooms” when you are finished using breakout rooms and would
like everyone to come back together.
This will allow you to display images from a second camera or doc cam.
In the meeting select Share Screen
2. Click the advanced tab at the top of the pop-up window
3. Click Content from 2nd Camera
4. Click Share
5. If you need to share a different camera, click Switch Camera at the top left of the screen
Use attention tracking to see which students do not have zoom open and active for 30 seconds or more. Please note, attention is only tracked during a screen share. If video is being used and your screen is not shared, this function will not work. During a screen share this will help you to know who is not looking at their zoom window.
1. Step 1: Enable attention tracking for your account
Log into the website entry for Zoom Settings
Log In Here: https://zoom.us/
Sign in with Google
Select Settings
Click on In Meeting (Advanced)
Make sure Attention Tracking is turned ON (highlighted blue)
This setting will now automatically be in effect for all zoom meetings
2. To use Attention Tracking:
In the meeting, click Manage Participants
A clock indicator will appear next to any participant who has not had the zoom window open and active for 30 seconds or more
