By using a Zoom waiting room, you control who can "enter" your Zoom meeting. This is ideal for scheduling office hours so you can have a private conversation.
1. Log into the TC Portal
Students: https://student.tc.columbia.edu
Employee: https://employee.tc.columbia.edu
2. In the applications Tab, click Zoom.
3. Click on Zoom Products at upper right. Then select Meetings.
4. Click Schedule a Meeting.
5. In the Topic field, enter the name of your meeting.
6. Select the date and time for your meeting. If you would like to schedule a recurring meeting, check the box next to Recurring meeting.
You can start your meeting at anytime. You're not restricted by the date, time, or duration you enter.
7. In the recurring meetings section, set the recurrence, frequency, and Occurs on settings. You may set meeting recurrence to a daily, weekly, monthly, or no fixed time recurrence.
8. Decide when you want the meetings to end. You may select a specific end date, end after a certain number of meetings or no end date at all.
9. In the Security section, check the box next to Waiting Room.
10. To select additional options, click Show. Then, check the boxes for any additional meeting options you may want configure.
11. Once you are satisfied with your configurations, click Save.
12. To share your office hours Zoom link, click either the Invite Link or click Copy Invitation.
