It’s most likely that you’ve heard of Zoom, zoom meeting, but you don’t known how it works, or use it. This blog post will help you with how you can create and schedule meetings on Zoom, both on Laptop and on mobile.
Zoom application is a great tool for meetings of all kinds. Whether for a job interview, virtual corporate meeting, online classes, or gathering with friends and family, Zoom can be easily configured into whatever type of meeting you want.
This article will provide step-by-step guidelines for creating and scheduling Zoom meetings on your phone and laptop. You will also learn the process of signing up for your own Zoom account.
How to create a Zoom meeting account
Before you can schedule your Zoom meetings you need to have a Zoom account which is why you have to understand how to sign up for your own personal account. The steps to sign up for a Zoom account are as follows:
- Step 1: Visit official Zoom sign-up page on your browser or the Zoom application.
- Step 2: Enter your email address, date of birth, and name.
- Step 3: Agree to the Terms of Service by tapping on the circle next to I agree to the terms of service.
- Step 4: Tap on sign up, you will see a pop-up message telling you to check your email for a confirmation mail. Then click OK.
- Step 5: Check your inbox for Zoom’s email that says “Please activate your Zoom account”.
- Step 6: Click on “Activate Account”, and you will be redirected to Zoom’s website.
- Step 7: Enter your name and create a password and that completes the signup process.
- Step 8: Add profile picture and nickname from the settings menu on zoom.
How to create and schedule a Zoom meeting on your phone and laptop
After you have signed up for a Zoom account the next step is to create and schedule a meeting using Zoom application or software. This section of the article will walk you through the guidelines on how to create and schedule a Zoom meeting on both your phone and laptop.
How to create a Zoom Meeting on your Phone or laptop
- To create a instant zoom meeting on phone and laptop, login to your zoom account, tap new meeting button, click on start now, copy and share the meeting link to anyone you want to join in your meeting.
How to Schedule a Zoom Meeting on your Phone using the Zoom Mobile Application
- Step 1: Open the Zoom application; after you must download and install the Zoom application from the Google Play store (for Android users) and the App Store (for IOS users).
- Step 2: Enter your email address and password to sign in.
- Step 3: Click on the Schedule button (It is the calendar icon).
- Step 4: Enter the details of your meeting like your topic, time and date, and time zone (E.G 12:00 WAT), and set the meeting on repeat (if needed).
- Step 5: Explore other options like passwords, regulate the video and audio for the host and participants, and record settings (optional). There are more options by tapping the advanced option.
- Step 6: Pick the calendar you prefer for your meeting to be put into. This could be Google Calendar, Any. Do, Outlook calendar, calendar.com, and so on.
- Step 7: Click on Done to complete the meeting schedule.
- Step 8: You can choose to add invitees from your contact list or send it via email and other messaging apps.
Related Post: How to set up a Google Meet Meeting on your phone
How to schedule a Zoom meeting on your Laptop using Web Browser
- Go to the web and search for www.zoom.us
- Sign up to create an account or login to your account
- After successfully setting up your account , Click on schedule meeting to schedule a meeting.
- Click on the topic field to enter the name of the meeting. You may also fill the description field, it’s optional.
- Select a date for your meeting by clicking on the calendar icon, and fill in the time in the box next to it.
- Select a time zone
- Fill in the meeting duration.
- The free version of Zoom only permits meetings lasting up to forty minutes. On the other hand, your meeting can last as long as necessary with the premium version.
- Next, enter the attendees email addresses to add them. As a result, your attendees will receive an email with a link to the meeting information.
- You can turn on the toggle next to Continuous Meeting Chat if you wish to keep the chat messages during the meeting. This is particularly helpful if you intend to take notes following the meeting or if there will be Q&A sessions.
- The Waiting Room option follows, which gives the host the ability to allow or prohibit participants’ admittance.
- If you won’t be attending the meeting, turn this off so that attendees can join right away without requiring permission.
- You have the option to turn on recurring meeting ,if you meeting will be repeated on a regular basis.
- If your meeting will be repeated, you can indicate how frequently it will take place.
- For your meeting , Zoom requires a passcode.However, you can modify the default one. Simply click the security section and type your desired passcode as it appears.
- Additional customization options, including allowing automatic access or blocking specific participants, are made possible by the advance options tab.
- Click the save button to save the meeting.
- After saving it successfully, proceed into sending an invitation email to all participants.
Conclusion
Zoom can assist you whether you want to work with your scattered or remote staff, communicate with clients in other countries, or simply meet up with a buddy, all done virtually.
As you can see, creating and scheduling a Zoom meeting on your phone or laptop is quite simple. I will recommend that you use Zoom for your next virtual meetings for work, education, or connecting with family.
