Join a Zoom Meeting

Before joining a real meeting, follow these instructions to join a Zoom test meeting to verify that your Internet connection, audio, and video work. 

From the web portal

1. Log into the Zoom web portal.
2. Click Join.
   
   
   
   
3. Enter the Meeting ID or Personal Link provided by your host, and click Join. The meeting will begin in the Zoom client. 
   • If don't have the Zoom client, download and install it. Or, click Start from your browser to join the meeting without video. 

From the Zoom client

1. Open and log into the Zoom client.
2. Click Join.
   
   
   
   
3. Enter the Meeting ID or Personal Link provided by your host, and click Join.
   • To join a test meeting, click the drop-down for Meeting ID or Personal Link Name and choose Free Test Meeting. 

From the mobile app

1. On the mobile app home screen, tap Join.
2. Enter a Meeting ID. Or, tap Join with a personal link name and enter that. Then tap Join.
   
    

 

Sharing Your Screen

• You can share media such as documents, images, web browsers, and PowerPoint presentations in Zoom Meetings using the screen sharing feature.
• You can also set your desktop and window appearance before sharing.

Set your desktop preferences for dual monitors

1. Move and resize the windows you want to share.
2. Open and log into your Zoom desktop client.
3. If you are using multiple monitors, in Zoom, click Settings (gear icon), and under General, check Use dual monitors.
   
   

Share your screen

From the Zoom client

1. During your Zoom meeting, in the Zoom client, click Share Screen on the bottom menu.
   
   
   
   
2. Choose which Desktop monitor, Device screen, or application you want to share, and click Share Screen.
   
   

From the mobile app

1. During a meeting, tap the screen to display the meeting menus. 
2. Tap Share Content, then choose what to share.
   
    

Set up PowerPoint for sharing

You can set up PowerPoint and Zoom so you can resize and move the PowerPoint presentation.

1. In PowerPoint, click Slide Show and then Set Up Slide Show.
   
   
   
   
2. Choose Browsed by an individual (window), and click OK.
   
   
   
   
3. Now, when you play your slideshow, it will run in a window that you can move and resize. 

Enable Zoom window sharing

By default, windows running the Zoom client aren't shared or recorded. If you want to share and record them, you need to change a setting in Zoom.

MacOS

1. Open and log into the Zoom client. 
2. In the top menu bar, click zoom.us -> Preferences.
   
   
   
   
3. Under General, check Share Zoom windows in desktop sharing.

Windows

1. Open and log into the Zoom client.
2. Click Settings (gear icon).
   
   
   
   
3. Under General, in the Content Sharing section, check Share Zoom windows in desktop sharing.