To customize your Zoom Waiting Room:

1. Open a browser, go to https://vcs.zoom.us, and sign in using your VCS email address and password.

2. Click Settings on the left menu, then search the settings for "waiting room" and press the enter key to return settings results, then click Edit Options below "waiting room options".

3. Choose your waiting room options and click Continue.

• Do you want all participants to go into the waiting room?* Choose Everyone.

• Do you want participants who are not VCS staff to go into the waiting room? Choose "Users not in your account".

• Do you want participants who are not VCS staff and students to go into the waiting room? Choose "Users who are not in your account and not part of your whitelisted domains.

*VCS recommends that Everyone goes in to the waiting room during distance learning classroom meetings for the highest level of security.

5. Click Customize Waiting Room to personalize your waiting room with multimedia and a message.