There are two key features that enable you to further secure your meetings: Set Up Password and Enable Waiting Room. Set Up Password requires a participant to enter a password to enter the meeting. The Waiting Room feature allows you to control when a participant joins the meeting. These features will help prevent “zoombombing” of your classes. As host, you can admit attendees one by one or all at once.
Set Password & Enable Waiting Room in Blackboard
When scheduling a Zoom meeting in Blackboard ensure that you set the following meeting options:
- (a)Select Require meeting password.
- (b)Input a password or accept the randomly generated number from Blackboard.
- (c)Select Enable waiting room.
- (d)Select Record the meeting automatically.
- (e)Select In the cloud.

Start Meeting with Waiting Room
- Start your meeting from the Blackboard and open the Zoom app when prompted.
- As participants join the call, you will see a pop-up message:
- To admit a person directly, click Admit.
- To see all participants in the waiting room, click See waiting room.

- In the waiting room panel, perform one of the following:
- Click Admit Allto admit all participants.
- Click Admitto allow a single participant into the meeting.
- Click Remove to remove a single participant from the Zoom meeting.

Managing a Meeting
Once the meeting has started, the meeting room is still active.
- If you wish to return a participant to the meeting room:
- Click Manage Participants.

- In the Participants panel, place your mouse over the name of a person and click More.

- Click Put in the Waiting Room.

If you wish to remove a participant from the meeting:
- Place your mouse over the name of a person and click More.

- Click Remove.
