Manage Meeting Settings

In this video, you’ll learn how to manage a meeting you’re in.

You’ll mute and unmute your microphone, turn your camera on and off, and turn on captions.

Look at the icons at the bottom of your screen.

Start on the left side with the microphone icon.

Clicking on this icon turns off your microphone, so you can’t be heard.

This is called “muting” yourself.

If the room where you’re working is noisy, or if other people are working nearby, you may choose to mute your microphone.

In meetings with a lot of people, it can be helpful to have all attendees mute themselves when they aren’t speaking.

This will keep excess noise from distracting from the speaker.

Click the microphone icon to mute yourself...

...then click it again to turn it back on.

Always remember to unmute yourself before you speak.

The icon to the right of the microphone icon turns your camera on and off.

If you want to not be seen in the meeting anymore, turn your camera off.

This can be helpful for large meetings, where you only want the person speaking to get the attention of everyone attending.

It’s also helpful for circumstances where you may not want to be seen.

You will still be able to be heard by others with your camera turned off, unless your mic is also muted.

Click your camera to turn it off...

...then click it to turn it back on again.

The next icon allows you to turn on closed captions.

Closed captions automatically transcribe any words spoken in the meeting onto the screen.

Click the icon that looks like a CC inside a square to turn on closed captions.

Now say a few words.

You’ll notice those words appear at the bottom of your screen.

The other participants of the call won’t see that you’ve put captions on.

Now, end your meeting by clicking the red button with a telephone icon on it.

Since you created this meet, a pop-up will appear that says “End this call for everyone?” and give you the option to “Just leave the call” or “End the call.” Since you’re the only one in this call, select “End the call.” Then click “Return to home screen” so you’ll be ready to start the next video.

Now it’s your turn: Turn your microphone off and on, Turn your camera off and on, Turn on closed captions, And end the meeting.

Then click "Next" to watch your next video.