Personal Zoom Instructions

To create a Zoom meeting:

  1. Log into your personal Zoom account.
  2. Click on “My Account” in the upper right corner of the page.
  3. Click on “Schedule” to the left of Avatar on the right side of the page.
  4. Type in meeting name in “Topic Box”.
  5. Select date and time- right of “when” heading.
  6. Enter the duration of the meeting if you have a paid Zoom account. Otherwise the meeting will automatically end after 40 minutes if you have a free account.
  7. Select Time Zone.
  8. Meeting ID: select “Personal Meeting ID” for recurring meetings OR select “Generate Automatically” for one time meeting.
  9. Click on “Save”.
  10. Under “Manage My Meeting,” verify information is correct. If changes are needed, go back to the previous page and make adjustments and again click “Save.”
  11. Scroll down the page and click on “Copy Invitation.” This will copy the invitation to clipboard.
  12. Open your email to send invites. Paste an invite into email and send it to all participants you want to join the meeting.

To record chat:

  1. Click on “chat” in the bottom panel of the screen.
  2. Click on 3 dots to the right of the smiley face.
  3. Click on “save chat.”

To mute all: 

  1. Click on “participants” in the bottom panel of the screen.
  2. Click on “ mute all” at the bottom of the box.

To unmute all:

  1. Click on “participants” in the bottom panel of the screen.
  2. Click on 3 dots to the right of the “mute all” button.
  3. Click on “ask all to unmute.” Participants must unmute themselves.