1. All you need to do to begin is click on the link to the meeting. The person hosting the meeting may send it to you in an email or a text.
Here's a mockup of an email invitation:
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Below is the Zoom information for the Really Important Meeting scheduled for May 20, 20019.
Hi there,
Soandso is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Really Important Stuff
Time: May 20, 2019 2 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://csusb.zoom.us/j/123456789
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2. You will get a pop up window asking you to choose a screen name:
3. Then you will get a pop up window asking you to choose between telephone and computer audio. Choose computer audio:
Between Steps 2 and 3 on the left, you may see a message telling you that the meeting has not started yet. If so, you will not be able to do step 3 until it does.