Customizing Meeting and Security Settings
Customizing your Profile
- Sign in to https://yorku.zoom.us/ using your Passport York credentials
- Click Profile on the left
Changing your Picture
- Click Change under the picture
- Select a picture from your computer
- Click Save
Customizing your Personal Link
- Click Customize beside Personal Link
- Enter your desired username (it is recommended to use your Passport York username) as your personal link, and click Save Changes
You can now send your personal link to guests and have them join your meetings.
Customizing Meeting and Security Settings
Detailed Security Features
For detailed security features, see Securing your Meetings from Zoom.
Setting your Configurations
- Sign in to https://yorku.zoom.us/ using your Passport York credentials
- Click Settings on the left
Customize settings based on your preferences. It is recommended to review the optional and recommended settings below.
Setting | Description | Recommendation |
Join before host | Turn this on to allow participants to join the meeting before the host arrives | Optional |
User Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting | Turn this on to enable all meeting features for one on one calls | Recommended |
Only authenticated users can join meetings from web client | Turn this on to ensure that meeting participants must sign in with a Passport York account | Recommended |
Prevent participants from saving chat | This prevents participants from copying/pasting from the chat window. Un-check to allow this. | Optional |
Auto saving chats | Automatically saves chats so that the host does not have to manually save the chat when starting a meeting | Optional |
Sound notification when someone joins or leaves | Turn this on to have Zoom will play a sound when someone enters or leaves a meeting | Optional |
Screen sharing – Who can share? | Switch this to All Participants to allow everyone to share their screen without permission from the host | Optional |
Breakout room – Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms when scheduling | Check this box to allow the host to assign participants to breakout rooms | Recommended |
Waiting room | Enable the waiting room to require the host to allow participants into the meeting | Optional |
Show a “Join from your browser” link | Turn this on to allow your participants to use the web client and not have to download the Zoom client | Recommended |