Both of these methods will allow your participants to join the meeting without having to enter the meeting password. If you are scheduling your Zoom meetings through the Brightspace portal, your participants will be able to access the meeting either directly from the Brightspace portal or through the meeting URL link generated when the meeting is scheduled. Participants that join by entering the nine or 10-digit meeting ID into the Zoom app will be prompted to enter the meeting password before being allowed to join. If your participants join the meeting using the meeting URL link, they will not be prompted to enter the meeting password. If you are scheduling your Zoom meeting through the VU Zoom portal, Zoom app on your tablet or computer, or the Outlook plug-in, your participants will receive the meeting URL, meeting ID, and meeting password that is generated when the meeting is scheduled. The password feature will behave in different ways depending on whether you schedule your meetings through Zoom or Brightspace: However, participants that join by entering the nine or 10-digit meeting ID into the Zoom app will be prompted to enter the meeting password before being allowed to join.

Please note: For users who are accessing Zoom through a Vanderbilt system like Brightspace or Microsoft Outlook, the password will be connected to the meeting link (URL), and users will not have to enter the password.

In response to the rise of “Zoombombing,” Vanderbilt University Information Technology (VUIT), in consultation with Academic Affairs and the Center for Teaching, has enabled a security feature on your Vanderbilt Zoom account that will require a password when scheduling new meetings. Enabling the password feature will prevent bad actors from joining your meetings if the meeting ID is discovered.

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