Conference Calling with Zoom
- Join the ZOOM gathering on your computer and assure your microphone and speakers are working
- Mute yourself on ZOOM (bottom left corner of the computer screen)
- With your smartphone, call the ZOOM conference number 301-715-8592 and when prompted enter the 9-digit code followed by the “#” symbol. If a passcode is required, type it in when prompted, followed by the “#” symbol
- Your smartphone display should offer you a way to add a call (on the iphone it is a “+” sign with “add call” under it) Touch that and then…
- Dial the phone number of your first person; when they answer, touch “merge calls” on your smartphone screen; that person is now connected to the Zoom conference audio and can talk to participate!
- repeat Steps 4 and 5 if you have additional people to connect to the call (most smartphones have a maximum of 4-5 people in conference)
- Once all people are connected, mute your phone and turn your phone volume totally down (NOTE: the people you’ve connected to the conference call will still hear the ZOOM call just fine even though your levels are down)
- Unmute yourself on the ZOOM computer screen. If you’re getting an echo you may have forgotten to mute your phone and/or didn’t turn the volume down…
NOTE: If you are NOT on the computer Zoom session and just want to conference in others who do not have long-distance calling packages or aren’t able to do this on their own, just follow steps 3-6 above
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