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There are a few ways to set up your meetings if you wish to limit your participants to only be able to view and listen to you.

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NOTE: This option is not available in Canvast Canvas yet. Schedule the meetings first, then Edit this Meeting in Zoom web portal. 

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1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Meetings.
3. Click the topic of your meeting.
4. At the top of the meeting details, click the Q&A tab.
5. Click Edit to adjust the following settings:
   • Allow anonymous questions: Select this option to allow participants to send questions without providing their name to the host and co-hosts.
   • Allow participants to view: Choose if you want attendees to be able to view answered questions only or view all questions.
     • If you choose for participants to view all questions, you can then enable the following options:
     • Participants can upvote: Participants can view all submitted questions and upvote questions important to them. This can help point out to the host and co-hosts questions that more participants want the answer to.
     • Participants can comment: Participants can view all submitted questions and add additional comments.
6. Click Save.
   Note: These options can also be configured by the host in the live meeting.

Manage Q&A during a meeting

Answer submitted questions

1. As the host or co-host, click Q&A  in the meeting controls.
   All submitted questions will be listed, with questions submitted by attendees external to the account indicated by (Guest) next to their name.
2. Find the question you would like to answer: 
   
   • Click Answer Live to mark the question as something that will be answered out loud during the meeting.
   • Click Type Answer to provide a written response for the participant. Type your answer and click Send.
     Note: If you allow participants to comment on questions, the questions will still appear in the Open list and can be responded to, even if a participant has commented on the question.
     • • • (Optional) Select the Send Privately checkbox before clicking send, if you would like to answer to the participant only.

• 1. As the host or co-host, click Q&A Image Added in the meeting controls.
  2. All submitted questions will be listed, with questions submitted by attendees external to the account indicated by (Guest) next to their name.
  3. Find the question you would like to answer: 

• • • Click Answer Live to mark the question as something that will be answered out loud during the meeting.
    • Click Type Answer to provide a written response for the participant. Type your answer and click Send.
      Note: If you allow participants to comment on questions, the questions will still appear in the Open list and can be responded to, even if a participant has commented on the question.
    • (Optional) Select the Send Privately checkbox before clicking send, if you would like to answer to the participant only.

Dismiss questions

1. As the host or co-host, click Q&A  in the meeting controls.
2. Hover over the question that you would like to dismiss and click the ellipsis icon .
3. Tap Dismiss or Delete.
   Dismissed questions will no longer be visible to participants and moved to the Dismissed tab for the host and co-hosts, while deleted questions will be fully deleted and cannot be reopened.

Reopen dismissed questions

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1. As the host or co-host, click Q&A Image Removed in the meeting controls.
2. Click the Dismissed tab.
3. Find the question you would like to reopen and click Reopen.

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1. As the host or co-host, click Q&A Image Modified in the meeting controls.
2. In the top-right corner of the Q&A window, click the gear Image Modified to open the settings window.
   
   • Allow anonymous questions: Check this option to allow participants to send questions without providing their name to the host and co-hosts.
   • Allow participants to view: Check either if you want attendees to be able to view answered questions only or view all questions.
     • If you choose for participants to view all questions, you can then enable the following options:
       • Participants can upvote: Participants can view all submitted questions and upvote questions important to them. This can help point out to the host and co-hosts questions that more participants want the answer to.
       • Participants can comment: Participants can view all submitted questions and add additional comments.

Additional Guide: Using Q and A in Zoom Meetings – Zoom Support

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• Once you have started the Zoom meeting, click on Security Button .
  
  
• Select/unselect the relevant options. What each option does:
  1. Lock Meeting: Prevents new participants from joining the meeting.
  2. Enable Waiting Room: Enables Waiting Room for incoming new participants
  3. Hide Profile Pictures: Hide all profile pictures, including the host. Display names are shown instead.
  4. Share Screen: Allows participants to share their screens.
  5. Chat: Allows participants to use the text chat function.
  6. Rename themselves: Allow participant to rename themselves.
  7. Unmute themselves: Allow participant to unmute their mic themselves.
  8. Start Video: Allow participant to start sending their webcam video
  9. Share Whiteboard: Allows participants to share whiteboards.
  10. Suspend Participant Activities All video, audio, in-meeting chat, annotation, screen sharing, and recording during that time will stop, and Breakout Rooms will end.

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