

Please note that most, if not all, of the settings below are not the Zoom default: Here are some suggested settings for your meeting to use. There are other settings in the Meeting subtab that can also be adjusted, such as disallowing remote control of devices, file transfer, data sharing with Zoom, and screen sharing. Turning that feature off is simple, fortunately. Additionally, by default all Zoom meetings are recorded to the cloud. The meetings are publicly accessible and full names and faces are often displayed. The default Zoom settings run counter to AA’s spiritual foundation of anonymity. These have been curated from the membership and online resources. Now that online meetings are accessible, we want to pass on best practices for protecting anonymity. Notes about protecting anonymity in Zoom meetings from the NYC Intergroup:įor Zoom users: With the rush to shift to online meetings, many of us did not take time to investigate what this meant to the spiritual foundation of our recovery – namely, anonymity. Our own Valley Group did an easy to read information sheet on how to wrangle participants in a meeting to minimize disruptions and people trying to cause trouble. How to prevent Zoom Bombing in meetings: the Austin Texas Young People’s group did a video with tips and tricks to run Zoom meetings How to host a meeting with Zoom – A member created a YouTube video on how to create (host) a meeting with Zoom. If the raise hand feature is disabled you will That a host can lower your hand for you, as well as disable the raise When you want to lower your hand, you canĬlick the hand icon again and your hand will be lowered. Name that will notify the host your hand is raised. You click the Raise Hand icon, a hand icon will appear next to your Join the meeting early or stay on after the meeting for Fellowship!Ĭlick the “Raise Hand” icon on the bottom left of the Zoom window.Preferences section under the menu and select “Virtual You can add a virtual background to your image by going to the.If you are concerned about anonymity, you can change your name byĬlicking on the ellipses (…) in the window of your personal image/icon.To reduce “cross talk” the host can disable the chat feature.You can also send a private chat to the leader to share. Zoom has a “Raise Hand” feature to support sharing (see below).

It is better to stay on mute when you are not speaking. Lag time makes group responses difficult to do in unison.
