You’ve managed to join the Zoom meeting? Great! Did you also follow the instructions to setup your audio? Then you’re all set to join the meeting you’ve been invited to. In this article, we’ll help you figure out the options you have during a meeting. We’ll teach you how to enable and disable your camera. We’ll also look at muting and unmuting your sound. And finally, we’ll look at raising your hand in Zoom.
Attention: Zoom looks different on a tablet than it does on a PC or phone. Select the device you’re using Zoom on to jump to the correct instructions. We’ll start with the instructions for tablets.
Index
Tablet instructions (iPad, Samsung Galaxy and others)
Notice: If you can’t see the icons in the top right corner, you need to tap at the top of the app.
Sound
Enable sound
Your sound is off when you see a red microphone in the top right corner, with “Unmute” written below. Others currently can’t hear you. Tap the symbol to enable your sound, after which other people will be able to hear you
Disable sound
Your sound is on when you see a white microphone in the top right, with “Mute” below it. Tap the symbol to disable your microphone, so others can no longer hear you.
Please note that your microphone can also be muted by the host of the meeting!
Camera
Enable camera
Your camera is disabled when you see a red camera symbol in the top right, with “Start Video” below it. Tap the symbol to enable your camera. Other people in the meeting can now see you.
Disable camera
Your camera is enabled when you see a white camera symbol in the top right, with “Stop video” below it. Other people in the meeting can see you. Tap the symbol to disable your camera. Other people in the meeting can now no longer see you.
Raising your hand
Did a host say that you can “raise your hand”? Then he probably didnt meant you should literally raise your hand. In most cases, he wont be able to see you or other people in the meeting. What he might mean, is that you can use the “raise hand” function in Zoom. This is how the option works:
- In the top right, tap “Participants”
- A list of participants appears.
- Click “Raise hand”. The host will get a notification. A hand will appear next to your name.
Lowering your hand
Your hand will remain “raised”, until you click the “raise hand” button again. When you do this, the hand next to your name will dissapear. You can close the “Participants” window again, by tapping “Participants” again.
PC Instructions
Sound
Enable sound
Your sound is disabled when you see a microphone with a red line in the bottom left. Underneath, “Unmute” is written. Other people can’t hear you. Click the symbol to enable your microphone.
Disable sound
Your sound is enabled when, on the bottom left, you see a white microphone. “Mute” is written below it. Other people in the meeting can hear you. Click the symbol to mute your microphone
Attention: Your microphone can also be muted by the host of the meeting!
Camera
Enable camera
Your camera is disabled when, in the bottm left, you see a camera with a red line. Below it, “Start Video” is written. Other people can’t see you at the moment. Click the symbol to enable your camera, so that other people can see you.
Disable camera
Your camera is enabled when you see a white camera symbol on the bottom left. “Stop Video” is written below it. Other people can currently see you. Click the symbol to disable your camera so that other people can’t see you.
Heads up! Enabling your camera doesn’t automatically mean that you’ll be seen by everyone. Usually, only the person currently speaking is shown on the screen. That’s why there’s no point in E.G raising your hand in Zoom. Use the “raise hand” functionality in Zoom for that instead!
Raise hand
If the host says that you can “raise your hand”, he likely doesn’t mean you should literaly raise your hand. In most cases, he won’t actually be paying attention to your camera feed. He probably means you should use the “raise hand” feature in Zoom. This is how the feature works;
Click “Participants” near the center of your app.A list of participants appears. Near the bottom, buttons to give feedback appear. The first button is “raise hand”.Click “raise hand”. The host will get a notification. A hand will also appear next to your name.
Lowering your hand
You’ll continue to “raise your hand”, until you click the “raise hand” button again. When you do this, the hand next to your name will dissapear. You can close the Participants window by clicking “Participants” again.
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