Host a Zoom Meeting

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The following link will take you to the vendor's help documentation:

How Do I Host a Video Meeting?

Designate Someone to Be an Alternative Host or a Co-Host

For more information, read how to schedule a zoom meeting.

Hosting a meeting is included in the default license. However, webinar hosting is not part of the default license.

Learn more about the difference between Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinars.

See our Request Large Meeting, Webinar, or Premium Audio article for more information on how to enable webinar hosting.

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Host a Zoom Meeting

The following link will take you to the vendor's help documentation: How Do I Host a Video Meeting? Designate Someone to Be an Alternative Host or a Co-Host For...

Install Zoom Software

You will need to install the Zoom software before you can attend (participate in) a Zoom meeting or webinar.

Request Large Meeting, Webinar, or Premium Audio for Zoom

A variety of free license upgrades are available to users with a business need.

Schedule a Zoom Meeting

Links to plan, host, or schedule a Zoom meeting. Includes links to the vendor's instructions and information about Zoom Webinars.

Zoom Rooms at Cornell

"Zoom Rooms" are a new dedicated classroom technology from Zoom that give instructors the option to better coordinate their visual collaboration—video screen sharing, whiteboarding,...

Add Zoom Session to Meetings Scheduled in Outlook

You can add Zoom Session information to your meetings scheduled in Outlook. The steps listed below assume you have already scheduled the Outlook meeting and are going back to add the Zoom info,...

Can Zoom Hosts Prepare a Webinar Room in Advance?

Yes.

Checklist: Keep Your Zoom Meeting Secure

One way Zoombombers have made their way into meetings is by clicking a link that was posted in social media or on the web. Always keep your meeting information private and share through secured...

Convert Your Zoom Meeting to a Webinar

When your Cornell Zoom meeting is a forum which might include participants from outside Cornell or needs to be publicized on the internet, setting it up as a webinar might be more appropriate.

Does Zoom Allow Uploading Files?

No.

Does Zoom Include Toll-Free Calling?

This is not part of the standard license, but can be requested by staff or faculty demonstrating a business need. See our Request Large Meeting, Webinar, or Premium Audio article.

Enable Annotation of Shared Content in a Zoom Meeting

In the interests of Zoom meeting security, annotations are disabled for Cornell Zoom meetings by default. To enable annotations for your Zoom meetings: Log in to your Cornell...

Join an H.323/SIP Device in Zoom

Dialing In to the H.323/SIP Room Connector On an H.323 Device Dial using one of the following: IP Address only, then enter meeting ID on the welcome screen IP...

Live Polling in Zoom

Live polls can be set up prior to a webinar, or made on the fly within Zoom. More information can be found on Zoom's Polling Help Center page.

Log In to Zoom App

You can log in through the Zoom app (assuming you have downloaded the app) or through the Zoom website. Both methods work fine, so use whichever you prefer. Alumni are not included in the...

Login for Weill Cornell Zoom

Weill Cornell faculty and staff can sign up for Zoom at https://its.weill.cornell.edu/services/online-collaboration/zoom.

Provide Manual Closed Captions and Transcription in Zoom

You can manually provide closed captioning in real-time during Zoom meetings. Here's how.

Room Connector Call-Out for Zoom (replacing Jabber)

If you previously used Jabber (which is being discontinued at Cornell) for video conferencing, you should switch to using Zoom's Room Connector features. If you are connecting to...

Send Meeting Invitations in Zoom

You can install the Outlook plugin to schedule meetings directly from Outlook (more information on Zoom's Use the Outlook Plugin page), or you can copy and paste the meeting invitation in to a new...

Switch from Zoom's Plug-in for Outlook to Microsoft's Outlook Zoom Add-in

Microsoft and Apple have announced that, starting sometime in May 2021, their support for the legacy Zoom Plug-in for Outlook will stop. Cornell users who schedule and manage Zoom meetings using the desktop Outlook Calendar application will want to make sure they have transitioned to using Microsoft's Zoom Add-in for Outlook instead.

Transfer Files During Zoom Meetings

In-meeting file transfer allows attendees to send files during Zoom meetings and webinars through the Chat panel. Files can be sent to all participants or directly to another specific attendee...

Trim Zoom Cloud Recording Start and End Points in Canvas

Change the beginning and end points of your cloud recordings in Canvas to remove unnecessary material before sharing with others.

Zoom Audio Help Topics

Test your system, Join by computer, Join by telephone, Mute audio, etc.

Zoom Best Practices

Resources for how to conduct and participate effectively in online meetings.

Zoom Host Controls Help Topics

Lock meeting, Mute all, Allow screen sharing, etc.

Zoom Host vs. Co-host

What is the difference between a host and a co-host? A host is the “owner” of a meeting or webinar and is the person who can administer the meeting via the host controls. The host is the...

Zoom Live Automated Captions and Transcriptions

As of January 2021, the Live Transcription feature, which includes automated captioning, is enabled for all Cornell Zoom hosts by default. Zoom offers the ability to provide real-time...

Zoom Problem: Meeting Starts Without Me

It is still possible for a meeting to start with you (the host) even with Join Before Host disabled. If you have given someone Scheduling Privilege (which allows them to schedule meetings on your...

Zoom Recording Help

For students, Cornell Zoom recordings can be created only in your local storage. Faculty and staff who attend a meeting can create recordings in local storage if the host has given them that permission. Faculty and staff who host a meeting can choose local or cloud storage for their recording.

Zoom Scheduling Help Topics

How to schedule, Registration options, Polling options, etc.

Zoom Screen-Sharing Help Topics

How to share, Sharing sound, Sharing Powerpoint, etc.

Zoom Training Webinars

Free, vendor-provided live training for hosts and participants.

Zoom Video Help Topics

Test your system, Change layout, Turn camera off/on, etc.

Zoom Video Tutorials

Free, vendor-provided videos covering many hosting topics.

Zoom: Add a Password to an Existing Meeting That Does Not Have One

Increase the security of an already-scheduled meeting by adding a password. This can be done either using the Zoom website, your Outlook Calendar, or one of several Outlook Zoom plugin and add-ins.

Zoom: Set Up and Work with Pre-assigned Breakout Rooms

Breakout rooms allow meeting hosts to split up meeting participants into as many as 100 separate sessions. The meeting host can choose to split the participants of the meeting into these...

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