Important security changes took effect with Zoom on September 27, 2020. As the host or co-host of a meeting, your meetings (new and currently scheduled) will require attendees to use either a passcode to enter or will be automatically placed in the Waiting Room.
If you have already created a meeting that requires a passcode:
- Attendees will seamlessly enter your Zoom meeting if using your meeting link to enter.
- If attendees access your meeting by manually typing your Meeting ID, they will need to also enter the passcode to enter the meeting (no waiting room unless that was also selected during meeting creation)
- Here’s a video that describes how the passcode will work: https://youtu.be/t6W3XZ2KAqo.
If you did not set up a class meeting that required a passcode and would prefer not to use the Waiting Room entry for all your attendees, you could choose to reestablish your new class meeting link now, choose to require the passcode, and provide the new link to your students that will contain the passcode.
If you don’t set up your new class meeting link now and you didn’t require the passcode in your original meeting, your students will be placed in a Waiting Room after September 27th.
- You can Admit each attendee one-at-a-time or Admit All.
- Steps for this process can be viewed at https://youtu.be/ySas2Rgi6yA.
If you have already created a meeting that places attendees in a Waiting Room:
- Attendees will be placed in the Waiting Room
- You can Admit each attendee one-at-a-time or Admit All.
If you have any questions regarding these security changes, contact the IT Help Desk, 573-651-4357.