Best Practices for Zoom Meetings

Summary

There are several things to consider when you are prepping for a Zoom meeting. Below find best practices as well as options to test your computer prior to a meeting.

Testing system and audio/video:

• System requirements for Mac and PC
• Join a Test Meeting to test your connection
• How do I test my video?
• Testing computer or device audio

Best practices from computer:

• Plug into your router if possible.
• Be as close to your wifi access point as you can
• Restart your computer before running a session (particularly if you haven't restarted in awhile)
• Keep other open applications to a minimum
• Keep open browser tabs to a minimum
• Verify that your Zoom application is up to date (latest version) - it's important to note that if you have a Loyola managed machine follow these instructions for Zoom updates
• If you are seeing a lag, and your video is on, turn video off.