Creating a Zoom meeting - This is how you succeed

In this guide, I will show you how to easily create a Zoom meeting. Whether you are an experienced user or working with Zoom for the first time, this step-by-step guide will help you set up a meeting and make any necessary adjustments. Zoom is a powerful tool for virtual meetings that allows you to stay in touch with colleagues, friends, or family members. Let's get started right away!

Main Takeaways

• You can start a new meeting with or without video.
• It is important to test the audio settings before the meeting.
• The Zoom user interface offers important features to help you manage meetings.

Create a New Meeting

To create a Zoom meeting, you first need to open the Zoom application. There you will see various options, including the button for a new meeting.

You can click on the small arrow next to the button to display options. Here you have the choice to start the meeting either with video or with your personal meeting ID. In this example, we choose "Start with Video".

After that, you will enter the meeting window. You have the option to maximize the screen as desired or keep it in normal mode.

Check Audio and Video Settings

One of the first things you should check is the audio setting. At the bottom of the screen, you will find the option "Upon Joining a Meeting" and the ability to automatically participate in computer audio. I recommend not activating this option to ensure you can check your audio settings before each meeting.

To ensure that both sound and microphone are working, I recommend conducting an audio test before each meeting.

If you find that the microphone is not working during the audio test, you can adjust the settings. In this case, I use a USB microphone.

Once you have checked your audio settings, you can join the meeting via computer audio.

Control the Meeting

Now that you are in the meeting, you will notice that both audio and video are initially muted.

If you join with automatic mute, you can adjust the audio and video settings with a click. Additionally, you can change the audio channel options if you want to use, for example, stereo mix instead of the microphone input.

To use the controls for the meeting, you can utilize various keyboard shortcuts. For example, press Alt + A to start the audio or Alt + V to activate the video.

If you want to adjust the controls, you need to keep Alt pressed to show or hide them. This will help you efficiently manage your meeting controls.

After you have made the basic settings, you can invite more participants to your meeting. In this tutorial, I will not only show you how to create a meeting but also how to effectively manage the invitation process.

Summary

In this tutorial, you have learned how to create a Zoom meeting, check the audio and video settings, and manage the meeting controls.