ZOOM Basic How-To Guide
This is a basic guide for using Zoom as a participant in a meeting
Overview
ZOOM is a video conferencing program for the computer that will allow you to connect with 1 to 500 people at a time. You can use it to attend classes and meetings. It works on computers, tablets, and smartphones almost automatically. This guide mostly covers that. If you don’t have access to a computer, tablet or smartphone, you can use a regular phone to dial. This allows you participate by voice only. How to do this is covered on Page 4, in the “Joining by Phone Only” section.
The Basics
This guide is meant to help you get ZOOM set up in an easy way using your computer.
Everything about the ZOOM program is designed to walk you through the process as simply as possible.
Using a ZOOM Meeting Link sent to you by email
A ZOOM meeting can be sent to you via email. Sometimes, a person may share a meeting link with you via a calendar invite to your email or in the body of a message sent to your email. 
To join the meeting, all you need to do is click on the link under “Join Zoom Meeting” and follow the prompts. You will then be a Guest in the meeting.
When you click the link, a new window will appear saying that ZOOM is launching your meeting. When this happens you can either join from a web browser or by the ZOOM App you download to your computer, tablet or smartphone.
Join a ZOOM Meeting from a Web Browser
The quickest way is to “Join from browser”. This is also the easiest way to test things out the first time you use ZOOM. 
To join a Zoom Meeting from a web browser:
1.	From the pop-up message, click the link “join from your browser”
2.	Type in your name and click “Join”
3.	Your meeting will load
Join a ZOOM Meeting from the ZOOM Desktop Application
If you use ZOOM often you may find it better to download and join meetings using the ZOOM desktop application, because it provides a faster way to connect directly to a meeting. When you join this way, you can login to a ZOOM account using your Google or Facebook account, or by setting up your own ZOOM account.
Keyboard Usage Notes
To ensure full keyboard support within the desktop meeting client, the toolbar must be set to not automatically hide. This can be accomplished by unchecking the "Always show meeting controls" under the "Accessibility" section of the desktop application Settings, or in the "In-meeting (basic)" section of the web portal Settings. This may be also be accomplished on a per-meeting basis using the "Toggle the 'Always show meeting controls' option in Settings/Accessibility" keyboard shortcut.
After you sign up, you’ll get a confirmation email. Open the message, click "Activate Account" or paste the included confirmation link into your browser, and then at the next prompt, you will need to complete account creation with your name and your own password. 
Joining a meeting works for any computer, tablet, or smartphone. As long as you have a camera, typically included with every device now, ZOOM will automatically connect using your camera.
How to participate in a ZOOM Meeting as a guest
When you come into a meeting you can control things using some general keyboard shortcuts:
Entering the Meeting
•	Navigate among Zoom popup windows (F6)
•	Move focus to ZOOM’s meeting controls (Ctrl+Alt+Shift)
•	Turn on/off an option Always Show meeting Controls (Alt)
•	Close the current window (Alt+F4)

Participate During the Meeting
•	Microphone (Alt+A) – allows people to hear you and to mute yourself. To make it easier to hear each other it’s a good idea to keep your microphone of when not speaking
•	Video (Alt+V) – turn on your video to let people see you. If you need to step away it’s a good idea to turn this off while you are away
•	Gallery View (Alt+F2) will show everyone
•	Use PageUp to view the previous 25 in gallery view
•	Use PageDown to view the next 25 in gallery view
•	Speaker View (Alt+F1) will show just the person who is talking
•	Read the Speaker’s name (Ctrl+2)
•	Raise/lower hand to ask question silently (Alt+Y)
Chat during the meeting
One way to communicate with others or ask questions in a silent manner is to use the CHAT feature. Here are some basic keyboard shortcuts for using Chat in a meeting:
•	Close current chat session (Ctrl+W)
•	Go to previous chat (Ctrl+Up)
•	Go to next chat (Ctrl+Down)
•	Jump to chat with someone (Ctrl+T)
•	Search (Ctrl+F)
•	Move to the next tab (right) (Ctrl+Tab)
•	Move to the previous tab (left) (Ctrl+Shift+Tab)

End or Leave Meeting
End Meeting or Leave Meeting – use Ctrl+Alt+Shift to move focus to Zoom's meeting controls and find the red End session/ End Meeting / End button on the right side of the screen.
Using Passwords (optional)
For security purposes, some ZOOM Meetings may require a password to enter. Zoom has experienced an amazing adoption in use, as a result there is also an unfortunately rise in individuals attempting to harass or “troll” by entering open meetings uninvited. To help with this circumstance ZOOM has implemented use of passwords for ZOOM Meetings.
As needed, a meeting invitation may include a password to be get into a meeting.
If you need a password, you will see a new popup window that will prompt you to enter a password.
Joining a meeting via direct link, usually does not require a password.
Joining by Phone Only
1.	Dial one of the phone numbers on your meeting invitation.
2.	You will be prompted to enter the meeting ID - the nine (9), ten (10), or eleven (11) digit ID provided on the invitation, followed by #.
3.	If the meeting has not already started press # to wait until the host lets you in.
4.	You may be prompted to enter your unique participant ID, if you are a guest speaker who will be part of the meeting. As a regular participant this isn’t required and you can press # to skip.
5.	You may be prompted to enter the meeting passcode, followed by #. This passcode will be included in the meeting invite provided by the host. 
Phone controls for participants
The following commands can be entered via DTMF tones using your phone's dial pad while in a Zoom meeting:
•	*6 - Toggle mute/unmute
•	*9 - Raise hand – to ask a question

Entering the meeting password using your dial pad
If the meeting requires a password, a phone-specific numeric password will be generated. You can find this password in the invitation listed below the dial-in numbers and meeting ID.