Participating in a Webex Meeting

When participating in a Webex meeting, here’s how to:

• Choose your audio and video settings before you join a meeting or webinar

• Mute or unmute

• Start or stop your video during a Webex meeting, webinar, or event

• Use the chat to communicate

• Use virtual backgrounds in Webex Meetings

• When you first click on the link to your Webex meeting, you can decide how you would like to connect to audio by clicking on the audio button. 
• Select how to connect:
  • Use computer audio, to use your computer's built-in microphone and speakers. (It is recommended to use a USB headset or earbuds w/mic if your laptop mic is low quality.)
    
  • Call in with your mobile phone. After entering the meeting, you will be prompted with the Call-In details. Dial the phone number presented, then when prompted, enter your Access Code/Meeting Number followed by #, then enter your Attendee ID number followed by #. DO NOT SKIP entering in your unique attendee ID number. 
  • Don’t connect your audio when you are in a room that already has an audio source in the same meeting you are about to join. 
    

• If using your computer audio, you can choose to mute or unmute yourself by clicking on the mute or unmute button.
• You may access additional audio settings for your speaker and microphone by clicking on the pull down arrow.
  
  

• You may also choose to turn your video on or off by clicking on start video or stop video button.

• You may also test your speaker and microphone before you get into the meeting by clicking on the test speaker and microphone button. 
• Click test to test your speaker and microphone. You may adjust the output or input volume by dragging the slider to your desired volume.
  
• You may also set your audio to optimize for my voice and reduce background noise and speech.  

• Mute or unmute
• Start or stop your video
• Share your screen if allowed by your instructor
• Raise your hand
• Add emojis 
• See a list of participants
• Chat

• Click the pull down next to start video to change your virtual background

Please refer to this video for a helpful tutorial.

How to Manage Audio & Video