How to Respond to Zoombombing in a Class Meeting

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Last updated: Sept 13, 2021
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Introduction

This page explains how to prevent Zoombombing, and how to respond to it if it happens in one of your class meetings.

Zoombombing is when uninvited participants join a Zoom meeting, usually revealing their presence in offensive ways. Zoombombing is possible when an intruder finds, receives, or guesses a Zoom meeting ID for an unprotected meeting.

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How to Prevent and Respond to Zoombombing


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How to Respond to Zoombombing

From a Zoom Classroom

WhenStepWhat to doHow to do it
During the Meeting1Remove the user from the meeting.
StepWhat to Do
1Touch Manage Participants to open the Participants menu.
2Touch the user's name in the participants list.
3Touch Remove.
4Confirm you would like to remove the user.
2

Lock your meeting.


StepWhat to do
1Touch the Security option on the Zoom touch panel.
2Touch Lock Meeting.
After the Meeting1Change Your Meeting Passcode.
StepWhat to do

1

Navigate to biola.zoom.us/meeting.

2Click the meeting.
3Click Edit this Meeting at the bottom of page.
4Click All.
5Replace the current text in the Passcode textbox with at least random digits (letters or numbers).
6Click Save at the bottom.
Note: Updating the passcode will change the meeting link. The link will automatically update in Canvas for your students, but you should let them know the link has changed so they can update the link if they have bookmarked or saved it.
2Report it to IT via Email (it.helpdesk@biola.edu) or phone (562.903.4740).

Give IT the Following Details:

  • What exactly happened.
  • The approximate day/time it happened.
  • What meeting was affected (ideally the Meeting ID, but meeting name will do as well).
  • The name or description of the offending user.


From a Computer


WhenStepWhat to doHow to do it
During the Meeting1Remove the user from the meeting.
StepWhat to Do
1Click Participants to open the Participants sidebar.
2Mouse over the user in the participants list.
3Click More.
4

Select Stop Video just to stop the user's video. They can't re-enable it without your approval.

Select Remove to remove the user from the meeting. They won't be able to join the meeting again.

Select Report to report the user to Zoom's Trust and Safety team for review.

2

Lock your meeting.

StepWhat to Do
1

Click the Security option on the Zoom menu bar.

2

Click Lock Meeting.

After the Meeting1Change Your Meeting Passcode.
StepWhat to do

1

Navigate to biola.zoom.us/meeting.

2Click the meeting.
3Click Edit this Meeting at the bottom of page.
4Click All.
5Replace the current text in the Passcode textbox with at least random digits (letters or numbers).
6Click Save at the bottom.
Note: Updating the passcode will change the meeting link. The link will automatically update in Canvas for your students, but you should let them know the link has changed so they can update the link if they have bookmarked or saved it.
2Report it to IT via Email (it.helpdesk@biola.edu) or phone (562.903.4740).

Give IT the Following Details:

  • What exactly happened.
  • The approximate day/time it happened.
  • What meeting was affected (ideally the Meeting ID, but meeting name will do as well).
  • The name or description of the offending user.