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This document is a step-by-step guide on how to join and participate in a Zoom meeting, which has become popular for virtual gatherings during social distancing. It explains how to download the Zoom app on various devices, join a meeting using an invitation link or meeting ID, and participate in the meeting using audio and video features. Additionally, it covers the importance of muting your microphone in large meetings and using the chat feature for communication.

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SeniorsGuide Stepbystepguidetozoom English0620

This document is a step-by-step guide on how to join and participate in a Zoom meeting, which has become popular for virtual gatherings during social distancing. It explains how to download the Zoom app on various devices, join a meeting using an invitation link or meeting ID, and participate in the meeting using audio and video features. Additionally, it covers the importance of muting your microphone in large meetings and using the chat feature for communication.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to a Zoom Meeting


6/29/2020 | By Seniors Guide Staff

If you haven’t already received an email inviting you to


a Zoom meeting, you probably will soon. In this age of
social distancing, many groups are choosing to meet
virtually, and Zoom is one of the most popular ways
to do this. It might be your book club, your volunteer
group, or your Sunday school class, but chances are
you’re going to be part of a Zoom meeting.

Zoom is a computer program used to hold On an iPhone or iPad: Go to the Apple App Store
online virtual meetings. You can use Zoom on and search for “ZOOM Cloud Meetings.” Click “Get” to
a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, or a desktop download and install the Zoom app.
computer (as long as you have a camera, speakers,
and a microphone). It uses your computer’s or
phone’s camera to show live video of all attendees
(if you don’t want to be on camera, that’s fine, too.
You can just display your name). Zoom uses your The Zoom app in the App Store
computer’s or phone’s microphone to let you talk
On an Android phone or tablet: Go to the Google
to other meeting participants. If you do not have
Play App Store and search for “Zoom Cloud Meetings.”
access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone, you Click “Install.”
can use a phone to dial into a meeting.
On a computer: On the Download Center website
This article only covers joining and participating zoom.us/download, click “Download” in the “Zoom
in a Zoom meeting that you’ve been invited to. Client for Meetings” section.
If you want to know more about more advanced
Zoom features like changing your background,
raising your hand in a meeting, sharing your
screen, and hosting your own meeting go to
Zoom’s Support Center support.zoom.us/hc/en-us

DOWNLOAD ZOOM C
 lick the blue Download button to download Zoom
from the website zoom.us/download
Zoom is a program that runs on your computer,
phone, or tablet. You must download this program After Zoom is downloaded, you must install it onto
your computer.
from the Zoom website. The free version of Zoom
should meet all of your needs. If you have an Apple computer, like a MacBook:
Double-click the file called Zoom.pkg, which is
If you’ve received an email invitation to a Zoom typically saved to your Downloads folder. The installer
meeting, click the link that says, “Join Zoom program opens and guides you through the process.
Meeting.” If this is the first time you’ve used Zoom, If you have a PC: Double-click the file called
this link will take you to a website where you can ZoomInstaller.exe file to install the program.
download the Zoom program or app, depending  D
 ouble-click ZoomInstaller.exe
on what device you’re using. to install Zoom on your PC.

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JOIN A MEETING PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING


After you install Zoom, there are a few different Once you’ve joined the meeting, you can see
ways to join a Zoom meeting. You can click the link and hear other participants. Each participant is
in your invitation email, go to the Zoom website represented by a square that displays their face (if
and enter the meeting ID, or dial into the meeting they’ve chosen to join with video) or just their name.
on a phone.
If you’re in a large meeting, make sure your
Click the link in an invitation email: If you have microphone is muted. Your computer microphone is
an email invitation, click “Join Zoom Meeting” in that pretty sensitive, and if you’re unmuted, it can pick up a
email. This takes you to the Zoom website. lot of background noise. The mute button, which looks
like a microphone, is in the bottom left corner of the
Go to the Zoom website: Go to zoom.us/join, and
Zoom screen. If the microphone has a red line through
enter the 9-digit meeting ID from your invitation email.
it, you’re muted, and no one in the meeting can hear
If the meeting requires a password, that will be in your
you.
email, too.
I f the microphone has a red line
through it, you are muted.

Click the button again to unmute yourself if you want


to talk in the meeting.
I f the microphone has no red line
through it, you can be heard in
the meeting.

When you are on the Zoom website, if you are asked if Only one person in the meeting can talk at a time.
you want to open Zoom, click “Open zoom.us.” Zoom Zoom indicates who is speaking by highlighting their
opens, showing you a preview of your camera image. image with a yellow square.
Then click either “Join with Video” or “Join without
Video.” If you use video, other people in the meeting There is also a chat feature in Zoom, where you can
will see you. If not, they will just see your name. Next, type messages to other participants. Participants can
Zoom asks about audio. Click “Join with Computer send messages to everyone in the meeting, or just
Audio” so you can hear and be heard in the meeting. certain participants. However, after the meeting, the
host can view the transcript of all chats, so it’s not
Dial into the meeting on a phone: If you don’t have entirely private. If there is a message for you in the
access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone, you chat, a notification appears on the Chat button, which
can use a phone to dial into the meeting. The phone looks like a speech bubble. Click that button to open
number to use will be in your invitation email, or you the chat window.
can find the number to use in the Zoom International
Dial-in Numbers list zoom.us/zoomconference.
LEAVE A ZOOM MEETING
Click “Leave Meeting” on the bottom right corner to
leave the meeting.

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