Waiting Rooms
The Waiting Room feature allows you to control when a participant joins the meeting. As the meeting host, you can admit attendees one by one or hold all attendees in the waiting room and admit them all at once.
How to Enable A Waiting Room in Zoom
- Log into http://wcupa.zoom.us with your WCU credentials.
- From the left-hand sidebar, select Meetings. Then click the blue Schedule a New Meeting button.
- Enter the meeting details and scroll down to the Meeting Options section.
- In this area, click the Enable waiting room box to place your attendees in a virtual lobby until you're ready for them to enter
the meeting.
- Click Save when you're done.
Admit an Attendee into the Meeting
While in your Zoom meeting as the host:
- Click the Manage Participants panel at the bottom of your meeting screen (when you're not sharing your screen).
- Click Admit to have the attendee join the meeting.
Admit All Attendees into the Meeting
While in your Zoom meeting as the host:
- Click the Manage Participants panel at the bottom of your meeting screen (when you're not sharing your screen).
- Click Admit All to have all the attendees join the meeting.
Admit Attendees While Screen Sharing
While sharing your screen in Zoom:
- Hover your mouse up towards the top of your screen to bring down the meeting controls panel.
- From that panel, click Manage Participants.
- This will bring up your list of participants including those already admitted to your meeting and those who are still in the waiting room.
- To admit these participants, either click Admit next to each participant's name or Admit All to admit everyone.