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Instructions for Joining Zoom Meetings as a Participant

To attend/join these online meetings that we’ve arranged please read and check the following tips in advance:

  1. A computer/laptop/mobile device with webcam (camera) and microphone.
  2. A good Internet connection; wired or Wi-Fi is usually stronger/preferable to cellular only, but Zoom works well over a cellular connection.
  3. You do not need a Zoom account, nor do you need to sign in to a Zoom account to attend OAJA online meetings.
  4. Zoom requires the use of a free app that you must install only once and it’s best to do this in advance. Once installed it opens automatically when you join a Zoom meeting.
    • For tablets and mobile phones it’s called “Zoom Cloud Meetings” (for Apple, or Android) but once installed, is labelled just “Zoom”.
    • On desktop and laptop computers you can install the Zoom Client for Meetings app in advance
    • If you don’t get the Zoom software in advance, clicking a Zoom meeting link that you receive by email will typically prompt you to get or download and install, then will open the Zoom app for you.
    • Zoom issues regular updates to their software and we strongly suggest that you check for updates in your Zoom app (requires you to sign up and sign in), or download the latest version (doesn’t require a Zoom account).
  5. When you register for a course in Analyst Training Program, within a few days you will receive a meeting confirmation email from Zoom (be sure to check your spam/junk folder). If you do not receive the confirmation email message please contact OAJA admin. For each course for which you’ve registered and paid, you will receive separate Zoom confirmation emails, each including a blue Join button and link, which work only for a specific course, date and time, and is only for your individual use. Keep these email messages handy as you’ll need those specific meeting links for each course you’ll attend online.
  6. Some seminars include a downloadable presentation in PDF format – it’s best to download this using your computer (and print if you wish) before the seminar starts. Relevant seminar material can be found on the Candidate Training Program page,

For these online meetings heed these reminders:

  1. If you’ll use a mobile device for these meetings, please tap/click the meeting link on your mobile device, not on your computer (in case you’re reading this on your computer in advance of the meeting).
  2. Our Zoom meetings are password-protected. The password is embedded in the Zoom link, meaning it usually doesn’t have to be manually entered. After clicking the meeting link in a registration confirmation email you’ll receive to join the meeting, if you’re prompted for the meeting password, enter it.
  3. Then click/tap the buttons to “Join with video”, and “Use computer audio”, to see and hear others (and for them to see and hear you). You can mute or disable audio and/or video during a meeting using the icons at the lower-left corner of the Zoom window. The instructor may direct you to these during the meeting.
  4. As you join a Zoom meeting please note how your name is displayed in your Zoom app and adjust it if necessary, to ensure that others know who you are.
  5. The video in these online meetings can sometimes get choppy or freeze. If this happens to you, try turning video off in the Zoom screen (tap the screen then tap on the video camera icon near bottom-left) temporarily or for the duration of the seminar – audio is much less likely to be affected by a weak or interrupted Internet connection.
  6. After joining the meeting, if there are more participants than whose icons can fit on your screen, click/tap at top-right to switch from Speaker view into Gallery view, to see everyone at once.
  7. Using earbuds or a headset with built-in microphone may give you and others the best audio quality.
  8. If you get disconnected accidentally or otherwise, just click the meeting link to join again.