how early should you join a zoom meeting

If this is your first time attending a zoom meeting, or if you are not familiar with your equipment, it is recommended that you join early and test your audio.

While muted you may comment by holding down the space bar on your keypad, release when finished speaking and you are returned to mute.īest practice: Turn video on and remain muted when you are not the speaker.

Attendees can mute/unmute and turn the video on/off, simply click the icon. If the Microphone and/or Video icons in the lower left have a line through them they are in the off position.Place your mouse at the bottom of the window to view the options available. The meeting host may have set attendees to be muted on entry and video on or off.

If others are present, you may see the gallery.

If you are the first person joining the meeting, you will see a Zoom window.

If you are experiencing bandwidth issues you may need to dial in to the meeting.

A few minutes before the meeting is scheduled to begin, click the link provided and follow the onscreen instructions.

The meeting host may send the link within an Outlook invitation or a direct email.

How early should you join a zoom meeting