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Recommended Zoom account settings for PublicInput.com Integration
Recommended Zoom account settings for PublicInput.com Integration

Once you're ready to host virtual meetings, there are a few steps to getting a live meeting setup, starting with your Zoom account settings.

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Written by Tyree Dickerson
Updated over a year ago

Your Zoom account must be a paid account in order to use the streaming feature: Pro, Business, Education or Enterprise. Please see Zoom's article for more details.

There are a number of best practices that need to be employed to make your Zoom + PublicInput.com integration successful. The following is a Zoom account checklist to double-check before getting started.

First, head to your Zoom account settings page:

Absolute must-change settings:

In Meeting (Advanced):

  • Allow live streaming meetings: ON
    Check Facebook

  • Check Youtube

  • Check Custom Live Streaming Service

Recommended (not required) settings:

In Security settings:

  1. Only authenticated users can join meetings: OFF**

  2. Only authenticated users can join meetings from Web client: OFF**

**If you want to directly embed Zoom meetings without using a live streaming service, these two settings are required. If you plan on using live streaming tools, you do not need to toggle these**:
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In Schedule Meeting settings:

  1. Join before host: OFF

  2. Mute participants upon entry: ON*

*Note: "Mute participants upon entry" being ON means you'll need to press *6 on the phone bridge on your live meeting site in order to unmute the line and begin your meeting's transcription, as well as hear any call-in participants in your Zoom meeting.

Under the Recording tab:

  1. Cloud Recording: ON

  2. Automatic Recording: ON

  3. Automatic Recording destination: Record in the Cloud

  4. Host can pause/stop the auto recording: OFF (This is optional, it prevents loss of audio that could be considered public record. If you would like hosts to be able to move to "closed session" without recording, you may leave this on.)

Be sure to click the Save button when it appears. The other settings can be left to their defaults, or adjusted for your organization's needs - but these core settings will set you up for a clean integration and public records compliance.

See also:

Choosing between WebEx and Zoom to host your meeting

Hosting a virtual meeting through Zoom

Live stream your Zoom meeting on YouTube using your organization's YouTube account

Setting up a meeting and adding a Facebook live stream

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