📹 Zoom Quick Start Guide

VUB Intermediate Computer Skills - Week 2

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🚪 How to Join a Zoom Meeting

🔗 Method 1: Click a Meeting Link

  1. Find the meeting link in your email or text message
  2. Click the link (looks like: zoom.us/j/123456789)
  3. Click "Open Zoom" if your browser asks
  4. Enter your name when prompted
  5. Click "Join with Computer Audio"
  6. Wait for the host to let you in (if needed)

🔢 Method 2: Enter a Meeting ID

  1. Open the Zoom app on your computer
  2. Click the big "Join" button
  3. Type in the Meeting ID number
  4. Enter the Passcode if asked
  5. Type your name so others know who you are
  6. Click "Join"
💡 Tip: Join 5 minutes early to test your audio and video!

🎛️ The Zoom Toolbar

This toolbar appears at the bottom of your Zoom window
🎤
Mute
📹
Video
👥
Participants
💬
Chat
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Share
📞
Leave
🎤

Mute / Unmute

Click to turn your microphone on or off. Red line = muted.

📹

Start / Stop Video

Click to turn your camera on or off.

👥

Participants

See who else is in the meeting.

💬

Chat

Send text messages during the meeting.

🔇 Important: Know When You're Muted!

If there's a red line through the microphone icon, you are MUTED. No one can hear you! Click the button to unmute before speaking.

⌨️ Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut What It Does
Space Bar (hold) Temporarily unmute while you hold it down
Alt + A Mute / Unmute audio
Alt + V Start / Stop video
Alt + H Show / Hide chat panel
Alt + Q Leave meeting (with confirmation)
💡 Pro Tip: The Space Bar is the easiest way to quickly unmute! Just hold it down while you talk, then let go to mute again automatically.

👀 View Options

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Speaker View

Shows whoever is talking in a large view. Best for presentations.

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Gallery View

Shows everyone in a grid. Best for group conversations.

To switch views: Click "View" in the top-right corner of the Zoom window.