Some Zoom settings can be found in illinois.zoom.us, while others are in the downloadable Zoom desktop application. This documentation will direct you to helpful settings that can be found in illinois.zoom.us. To find noteworthy settings in the Zoom application, check this documentation, Zoom Application: Noteworthy Settings.

Please also visit the Zoom Best Practices for Meetings for more information about how to get the most out of your Zoom experience.

Noteworthy Settings at illinois.zoom.us:

Security 

• • Only authenticated meeting participants and webinar attendees can join meetings and webinars - Turning this setting on will block those without University of Illinois Zoom accounts from joining the meeting. 

  • Only authenticated users can join meetings from Web client - This is similar to the last setting, but restricted to those joining from the web client.

Schedule Meeting 

• • Video - Host - Off - Turning this setting off will prevent your camera from automatically turning on when you start a meeting or join a meeting that you’re hosting. 

  • Mute participants upon entry- Turning this setting on will prevent the microphones of participants from turning on when they first join the meeting. This is great for large groups of participants. We recommend turning this setting on for your participants’ privacy. 

In Meeting (Basic) 

• • Meeting Chat - Auto-save - Chat messages will automatically be saved to a folder on your computer once a meeting has ended. 

  • Display end-of-meeting experience feedback survey - You can change how often Zoom surveys you when you end a meeting.

• • Screen sharing - You can change the settings for who can share their screen and who can start sharing when someone else is sharing. We recommend allowing participants automatic screen sharing capabilities if you are using participant screen sharing in your class. 

• • Non-verbal feedback - This adds additional icons (yes, no, slow down, speed up) for participants to use in the reaction menu during a meeting.  

  • Meeting reactions - This adds emojis for participants to use in the reaction menu during a meeting.

In Meeting (Advanced) 

• • Automated Captions - This is where you can turn on the automated live transcription so that you or participants who need them can always turn captions on from your screens. 

  • Full Transcript - This allows for participants to choose to view a full automated transcript of the meeting on the side of their meeting screen. 

• • Show a “Join from your browser” link - If you turn on this option, participants will be able to join class from their browser instead of the desktop app.

Email Notification

• • This is where you can manage when you or participants will receive emails about recordings, meeting cancellations, co-hosts, etc. 

Other

• • Schedule privilege - This setting can give other users the ability to schedule meetings with this account, and it works well for organizational or shared accounts.