Click the Join Audio button at the bottom of the Zoom meeting.You can also connect your audio by following these steps: Once you enter into a Zoom meeting, you will be prompted to connect your audio. Once the Zoom Client has been installed, your meeting will launch.Follow the on-screen prompts to install the Client. If this is your first time joining a Zoom meeting, you will be prompted to download and run the Zoom Client.This should be a link that looks similar to: . Navigate to the meeting URL in a browser.Note: If you would like to install this before launching the test meeting, you can do so here: /download Join a Meeting If this is your first time using Zoom, you will be prompted to download the Zoom Client. It is recommended that you test your computer prior to attending a meeting. Go to: Settings > Recording and click off the Local and Cloud recording features.If you're a Speaker, please visit our Zoom Guide for Presenters Test Your Settings

Please note that most, if not all, of the settings below are not the Zoom default: Here are some suggested settings for your meeting to use. There are many settings in the Meeting subtab that can also be adjusted, such as disallowing remote control of devices, file transfer, data sharing with Zoom, and screen sharing. Use headphones if you don’t want others in your household to hear.You can temporarily turn off your camera and turn it back on if needed.You can dial in from your phone so that only your phone number appears and no video appears.If you’re concerned about being seen on camera at all, you can always disable your video.If you’re concerned about your house showing in the background, sit with your back facing a wall.Meeting Participants You can change your name before joining a meeting: Turning that feature off is simple, fortunately.

Additionally, by default all Zoom meetings are recorded to the cloud.

The meetings are publicly accessible and full names and faces are often displayed. The default Zoom settings run counter to AA’s spiritual foundation of anonymity. These have been curated from the membership and online resources. Now that online meetings are accessible, we want to pass on best practices for protecting anonymity. With the rush to shift to online meetings, many of us did not take time to investigate what this meant to the spiritual foundation of our recovery – namely, anonymity.

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