There are a number of settings and options that need to be set up only one time under the Meeting and Recording tabs of your Zoom profile.  These options set the defaults for all meetings that you schedule, saving you time. Individual meeting settings can be adjusted at the time you schedule them. 

The changes you make to default settings will save as you go. You can turn most settings on my toggling the button to the right of the setting. If you need to stop mid-way through, you can come back later and finish. If you do not have a Zoom Pro account, you can request one by emailing iethelp@lsua.edu.

To get started:

1. Go to https://lsua.zoom.us.

2. Click Sign-in and sign in with your LSUA credentials. 

3. Click Settings from the left column. 

4. After clicking Settings, you will see three sub-headings/tabs: Meeting, Recording, Telephone.


Meeting Tab:

Security section:

  1. Require a password when scheduling new meetings: This setting should be on to protect your meeting. When turned on, a password will be generated when scheduling a meeting and participants will be required to use the password to join the meeting. 
  2. Require a password for instant meetings: This setting should be on to protect your meeting. A random password will be generated when starting an instant meeting. 
  3. Require password for participants joining by phone: By default, this setting is off. It is optional and can be left to off.
  4. Require a password for Personal Meeting ID (PMI): By default, this setting is off. It is optional and can be left to off.
  5. Waiting room: This setting should be on to protect your meeting from unwanted attendees. When participants join a meeting, they will be placed in a waiting room and require the host to admit them individually. 
    1. Select the option Everyone from Choose which participants to place in the waiting room. 
  6. Embed password in invite link for one-click join: If you require a password, we recommend you have this setting on. Meeting passwords will be encrypted and included in the invite link to allow participants to join with just one click without having to enter the password.
  7. Only authenticated users can join meetings: Participants will be required to authenticate (login with their LSUA credentials and/or have a Zoom account) prior to joining the meetings. Up to you to turn this option on.
  8. Only authenticated users can join meetings from Web client: Participants will be required to authenticate (login with their LSUA credentials and/or have a Zoom account) prior to joining the meetings.  Up to you to turn this option on.

Schedule Meeting section

  1. Host video: We recommend leaving this setting off. Turning this setting on will automatically start your webcam when you start the meeting. We recommend keeping this default setting to off. Allow yourself the opportunity to "get ready" before you display your webcam in the meeting.
  2. Participants video: We recommend leaving this setting off. Allow participants to turn on their cameras when they are ready (they may need to secure an appropriated background before showing their webcam). 
  3. Audio type: We highly recommend that you choose the option Both - Telephone and Computer Audio. This allows participants to call in for audio, if needed.
  4. Join before host: For security reasons, we do not recommend turning this option on. If you've enabled the waiting room setting (in the Security section), the option to join before host is automatically disabled.
  5. Enable Personal Meeting ID:  We recommend leaving this option on.
  6. Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when scheduling a meeting: We recommend leaving this option off. 
  7. Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting: We recommend leaving this option off. 
  8. Mute participants upon entry: Some users have this option on and some have it off. If this setting is on, it prevents disruptions when participants join the meeting late. However, as the host, you may have to tell them to turn on their microphone and video during the meeting. Usually when a participants joins a meeting, Zoom will walk them through connecting their audio/video devices. Whether this setting is on or off, depends on your preferences.
  9. Upcoming meeting reminder: We recommend leaving this option off since you can elect to receive email notifications in the section below. 


In Meeting (Basics) section

  1. Require encryption for 3rd party endpoints (SIP/H.323): Leave this off. 
  2. Chat: We recommend you turn this setting on. It allows participants to send a message visible to all participants.
  3. Private chat: We recommend you turn this setting on. This setting allows meeting participants to send a private 1:1 message to another participant.
  4. Auto saving chats: If you plan to save the chat sessions, we recommend that you turn this setting on.
  5. Sound notification when some joins or leaves: We recommend that you turn this option on. You have the option to select whether the sound is heard by only the Hosts and co-hosts or by everyone. I
  6. File transfer: We recommend you turn this setting on. Hosts and participants can send files through the in-meeting chat. 
  7. Feedback to Zoom: By default, this setting is on. This setting allows users to submit feedback to Zoom at the end of the meeting. 
  8. Display end-of-meeting experience feedback survey: By default, this setting is off. However, if you want to turn the feedback survey on, it will display a thumbs up/down survey at the end of each meeting. If participants respond with thumbs down, they can provide additional information about what went wrong for you to review. 
  9. Co-host: We recommend you turn this setting on. Co-hosts have the same in-meeting controls as the host. You can assign another user as a host, if you have to leave the meeting. 
  10. Polling: We recommend you turn this setting on. This setting allows polling to be used in a meeting. 
  11. Always show meeting control toolbar: We recommend you turn this setting on.
  12. Show Zoom windows during screen share: We recommend that you turn this setting off. 
  13. Screen sharing: We highly recommend that you turn this setting on. It is a required setting in order to share your screen to participants. 
  14. Disable desktop/screen share for users: We highly recommend that this setting is turned off. 
  15. Annotation: We recommend that you turn this setting on. This setting allows host and participants to use annotation tools to add information to shared screens. Great for collaboration work.
  16. Whiteboard: We recommend that this setting is turned on. It allows hosts/participants to share whiteboard during a meeting. 
  17. Remote control: We recommend that you turn this setting on. During screen sharing, the person who is sharing can allow others to control the shared content. You will be asked to confirm during the meeting before someone is allowed remote control of your screen.
  18. Nonverbal feedback: We recommend that this setting is on. If on, participants in a meeting can provide nonverbal feedback and express opinions by clicking on icons in the Participants panel. Some of the expressions include: stepped away, slow down, applause, thumbs up, and etc. 
  19. Allow removed participants to rejoin: We recommend that this setting is off. 


In Meeting (Advanced) section

  1. Report participants to Zoom: We recommend that this setting is on. Hosts can report meeting participants for inappropriate behavior to Zoom's Trust and Safety team for review. This setting can be found on the Security icon on the meeting controls toolbar. 
  2. Breakout room: This setting depends on your needs. Review the Breakout Room article to determine if you want to use this feature in your Zoom meetings. 
  3. Remote support: You can keep the default setting to off. 
  4. Closed captioning: This setting is your choice. Review the Closed Captioning in Zoom article to determine if you want to use this feature in your Zoom meetings. 
  5. Save Captions: If you enabled the Closed Captioning setting above, you can choose this option to allow participants to save closed captions or transcripts. 
  6. Far end camera control: We highly recommend that this setting is turned off.
  7. Virtual background: We recommend that this setting is turned on. This setting allows you to customize your background to keep your environment private from others in a meeting. This can be used with or without a green screen. Review Zoom's instructions on how to manage virtual backgrounds inside of a meeting. 
  8. Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  9. Auto answer group in chat: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  10. Only show default email when sending email invites: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  11. Use HTML format email for Outlook plugin: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  12. Allow users to select stereo audio in their client settings: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  13. Allow users to select original sound in their client settings: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  14. Select data center regions for meetings/webinars hosted by your account: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  15. Show a "Join from your browser" link: We recommend leaving this setting off. 
  16. Allow live streaming meetings: We recommend leaving this setting off. 


Email Notification section

  1. When a cloud recording is available: We recommend turning this setting on. 
  2. When attendees join meeting before host: We recommend turning this setting on. 
  3. When a meeting is cancelled: We recommend turning this setting on. 
  4. When an alternative host is set or removed from a meeting: We recommend turning this setting on. 
  5. When someone scheduled a meeting for a host: We recommend turning this setting on. 
  6. When the cloud recording is going to be permanently deleted from trash: We recommend turning this setting on. 


Other section

  1. Blur snapshot on iOS task switcher: We recommend turning this setting on. It should be on by default. 
  2. Invitation Email: Leave this section's default to English. 
  3. Schedule privilege: Leave the default settings for this option to No one. 
  4. Integration Authentication: Do not click Regenerate.


Do not click the Regenerate button at the bottom of the Settings page.


Recording Tab

  1. Local Recording: This setting should be turned on. It allows the host to record the meeting locally to their computer. In addition, the host can allow participants to record, if they request it. 
  2. Cloud Recording:See the image below for recommended settings. 
  3. Automatic Recording: We recommend having this setting off. 
  4. IP Address Access Control: This setting should be off. 
  5. Only Authenticated users can view cloud recordings: We recommend that this setting is on. 
  6. Require password to access shared cloud recordings: We recommend that this setting is off. 
  7. Auto delete cloud recordings after days: This setting is on by default. It is an admin setting to delete cloud recordings after 7 days. Please leave this setting to the default. 
  8. Recording disclaimer: We recommend having this setting off. However, you're welcome to turn it on. It wills how a customizable disclaimer to participants when you click the record button. 
  9. Multiple audio notification of recorded meeting: We recommend having this setting off. 



Telephone Tab


You can skip this section. The default settings are set by the Zoom Admin. 


If you have any questions about the Zoom Default settings, submit a Help Desk ticket to iethelp@lsua.edu.