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The attached PDF provides some general guidelines for how to use standard Zoom features to enhance virtual meetings. This article particularly describes how you can use Breakout Rooms and security.

One of the downsides to breakout rooms is it requires everyone in the family to be connected at the same time, which may be difficult depending on the number of devices available and the speed of the internet connection in your home.

sbradshaw wrote:One of the downsides to breakout rooms is it requires everyone in the family to be connected at the same time, which may be difficult depending on the number of devices available and the speed of the internet connection in your home.

When I relay information about setting up meetings, I do ask the units to be sensitive to that issue. Nothing has come back to me about if it's an issue or not.

I noticed this guide recommends disabling "Allow Participants to Join Before Start Time". My understanding is that doing that prevents leaders from using a Host Key to take host control of the meeting without having to have the account login. That may be preferred over handing out the login to all the leaders.

It is possible to limit the amount of time before the meeting that participants can join. That should limit the issues of allowing that.

russellhltn wrote:I noticed this guide recommends disabling "Allow Participants to Join Before Start Time". My understanding is that doing that prevents leaders from using a Host Key to take host control of the meeting without having to have the account login. That may be preferred over handing out the login to all the leaders.

the host key should still work as long as "Allow participants to join before host" is enabled

russellhltn wrote:It is possible to limit the amount of time before the meeting that participants can join. That should limit the issues of allowing that.

if "Allow participants to join before host" is enabled you can select to allow participants to join [anytime, 5, 10, 15] minutes before start time.