Muting Participants and Turning Off Participants' Video Upon Entry
For your Personal Meeting ID Zoom session.
- Go to the "Home" tab of your Zoom application.
- Click the downward arrow beside "New Meeting."
- Ensure "Use my Personal Meeting ID (PMI)" is checked.
- Click on arrow pointing to the right/greater than sign " >. "
- Click on PMI settings and the Personal Meeting ID Settings window will pop-out.
- In the Video portion in the pop-out window, ensure Participant video is ticked OFF.
- Under Advanced Options, ensure that Mute participants upon entry is checked.
For Scheduled Meetings.
- Go to the "Meetings" tab of your Zoom application.
- Click on " + " icon and choose Create event.

- In the "Video" section of the pop-out window, ensure that the Participant option is slide to OFF
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Under Advanced Options, ensure that Mute participants upon entry is checked on and hit Save