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University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Learn how to set up, run, and record meetings on Zoom for on-campus clubs and RSOs. You'll also find some tips and tricks for making Zoom more fun and ideas for Zoom parties!
Sign in to your Zoom account at illinois.zoom.us (you may have to authenticate).
On the right hand side of your Zoom page, click on “Schedule a Meeting.”
Fill in the meeting topic, description, date, and time. To schedule a weekly or monthly meeting, click “Recurring meeting” and put in your relevant dates.
Determine your meeting options. You can choose to mute all participants as soon as they connect to audio, pre-assign breakout rooms, or set up the meeting to automatically record.
Put in the emails of any alternate hosts. These people will be able to start and record meetings, send out the Meeting ID and passcode, and screenshare during the meeting.
Click “Save.”
You’re all set up! To start the meeting, hover over the meeting name and then click “Start.”
Adding a Profile Picture
On the left hand side of your Zoom page, click “Profile.”
2. On the top left of the profile page, under the gray silhouette, click “Change.”
3. Pick out your picture, and click “Upload.” Once the picture has been uploaded, click “Save,” or “Cancel” to choose a new picture.
Adding a Virtual Background/Filters
On the left hand side of your Zoom page, click “Settings,” and then “In Meeting (Advanced).
Scroll to “Virtual Background.” You can either choose one of the default Zoom backgrounds, or click “Manage virtual background” to upload your own picture!
Right below “Virtual background” is “Video filters.” Enable this setting to allow participants to filter their appearance or create funny faces (think Snapchat, but for Zoom)!
Setting Up a Poll
To add a poll, click on your meeting’s title (Do NOT click on “Edit”).
On the bottom of the page, you will see a polls box with the words, “You have not created any polls yet.” On the right hand side of the polls box, click “Add.”
Put in your poll’s title, question, and potential answers. Also, decide if you’d like your poll to be anonymous (not knowing who answered correctly or incorrectly).
To add another question to your poll, click “Add a Question.” Otherwise, click “Save.”
You can edit, delete, or add another poll on the poll box. Note: Each poll will show all of its questions at once. To ensure that only one question is shown at a time, make each questions its own different poll.
