Recommended: The Zoom Desktop Client which is an application installed on your computer.Plugins/Add-ons for Google Calendar and Outlook help you create Zoom meetings while creating a calendar invitation.The Mobile app that allows you to participate in meetings from a phone or tablet.The Zoom Web Portal at which allows you to start meetings, access many settings, get reports and share cloud recordings through any internet browser.

There are many ways to authenticate into your Stony Brook Zoom account. If you are using Firefox with Zoom be sure to turn off Enhanced Tracking Protection! Note: Every time you switch devices (like from a work computer to a home computer) you must authenticate. Signing into the Zoom App that is installed on your device will help you stay signed in for long periods of time which mitigate access and host issues. So if you find that you are not the host of your own meeting or simply cannot get into a secure meeting, it is because you have not signed into Zoom one of the 4 ways below. Authentication not only secures the meeting but also identifies you as a Stony Brook Zoom user. Understanding Why You Cannot Get into Zoom Meetings or You are not Recognized as a Host of your Own Meetingīy default, Zoom meetings require authentication to join unless the creator of the meeting manually changes that setting.

Downloading and Installing the Zoom Desktop Client (recommended).

Understanding why you cannot get into Zoom meetings or the Meeting doesn't Recognize you as the Host.

Note: Raise hand for hosts and co-hosts requires version 5.4. To raise your hand in a meeting or webinar:

Prerequisites for using the raise hand feature in a webinar or meeting Note: If you're the host, you can also disable the raise hand feature and manage webinar participants and meeting participants that raise their hands. For example, many webinar hosts use this feature to know if an attendee has a question and would like to be unmuted to speak. As a host, it may be helpful to inform your participants how you would like to use this feature at the start of the meeting or webinar.

The raise hand feature in meetings and webinars allows meeting participants, attendees, panelists, co-hosts, and the host to raise their hands to indicate that they need something from the host, co-host, or other panelists.

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