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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

How to Prevent Zoombombing

As a meeting host, you should enable the following settings to secure your meeting:

Only authenticated users can joinCurrently being worked out by IT.
Lock meeting

Once your participants have all joined the meeting you can lock the meeting, so no one else can join.

  1. Click on Participants.
  2. Click on More.
  3. Select Lock Meeting.

You can follow the same steps to unlock your meeting if necessary.

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.
2Let IT Know via Email (it.helpdesk@biola.edu) or phone (562.903.4740).



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.
2Let IT Know via Email (it.helpdesk@biola.edu) or phone (562.903.4740).


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