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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.

They are useful in managing the bigger lecture groups, make meetings like an event webinar and also to prevent "Zoom Bombers" from taking over your stage.

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Q&A  

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How to schedule a meeting with Q&A

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Meetings.
3. Choose to edit an existing meeting or schedule a new meeting.
4. Under Meeting Options, select the check box to enable Q&A.
   Note: If the option is missing, it has been disabled at the account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom administrator.
5. Click Schedule.

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

Edit Q&A options

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 Image Added 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 Image Added in the meeting controls.
2. Hover over the question that you would like to dismiss and click the ellipsis icon Image Added.
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

1. As the host or co-host, click Q&A Image Added in the meeting controls.
2. In the top-right corner of the Q&A window, click the gear Image Added 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

Focus Mode 

Zoom now offers the new Focus Mode to help students focus better during online learning. It allows student allow students to stay attentive attentive.

Focus mode can be started by Hos Host and coCo-hosts Hosts of the meeting, using a Zoom desktop client with version 5.7.3 or higher.

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1. Start a meeting as the host or co-hosts.
2. Click More  on the meeting toolbar.
3. Click Start Focus Mode.
4. Click Start to confirm, or select the Don’t ask me again check box to skip this confirmation going forward.
5. When Focus mode begins, you and the participants are notified with a banner along the top of the video window. Additionally, the
   The focus mode  icon is always visible in the top-left corner of the video window, next to the encryption icon, while focus mode is active.

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1. Click More  on the meeting toolbar.
2. Click Stop Focus Mode. 

Additional Guide: Focus mode – Zoom Help Center

Security Button

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(in-meeting security options)

• Once you have started the Zoom meeting, click on Security Button Image Added.
  
  
• Select/unselect the relevant options. What each option does:
  1. Lock MeetingCheck to lock the meeting, prevent : Prevents new participants from joining the meeting.Uncheck to unlock the meeting, and allow participants to join the meeting.
     
  2. Enable Waiting RoomCheck to enable : Enables Waiting Room to hold  for incoming new participants or to move current participants into the Waiting Room.Uncheck to disable Waiting Room, and allow participants to join the meeting room directly.
  3. Hide Profile Pictures
  4. Check to hide Profile Pictures of participants from being displayed to other participants.
  Uncheck to allow Profile Pictures of participants to be displayed to other participants: Hide all profile pictures, including the host. Display names are shown instead.
  5. Share ScreenCheck to allow : Allows participants to start  share screentheir screens.Uncheck to only allow host(s) to share screen.
     
  6. ChatCheck to allow participant to Chat: Allows participants to use the text chat functions. You can add restriction so participants to only chat with Host(s) in Chat Panel.Uncheck to prevent participant from using the text chat function.
  7. Rename themselvesCheck to allow : Allow participant to rename themselves.Uncheck to prevent participant from renaming themselves.
     
  8. Unmute themselvesCheck to allow : Allow participant to unmute their mic themselves.Uncheck to prevent participant from unmuting their mic themselves.
     
  9. Start VideoCheck to allow : Allow participant to start sending their webcam videoUncheck to prevent participant from sending their webcam video
  10. Share Whiteboard: Allows participants to share whiteboards.
  11. 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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1. In Zoom, you can do a simple poll with single option or multiple option MCQ.
2. You may want to consider using Poll Everywhere to engage students just like in a physical class.
3. There are questions types Q&A and Word Cloud which are highly popular.
4. Refer to the step by step guide on using Poll Everywhere with Zoom.

Best practices for hosting large meetings (zoom.com)