As a student, you can also host meetings in Zoom. This can be useful for group work or interviews, for example. This guide will help you get started with hosting meetings in Zoom. If you would like more in-depth instructions and information, read our Zoom guide for teachers.

On this page you will find the following information:

How to create a meeting and invite participants in Zoom on your computer
How to create a meeting and invite participants in Zoom on your mobile phone or tablet
How to create a meeting and invite participants in Zoom on the web

How to create a meeting in Zoom on your computer

Open Zoom on your computer.
Log in with your student account if you are not already logged in.
Continue from step 4a if you want to start a meeting directly in your personal meeting room. Continue from step 4b if you want to schedule a meeting with custom settings instead.

4a. If you want to start a meeting immediately, click New meeting.
5a. Click the small green shield in the right corner of the Zoom window.
6a. Copy either the invitation link or the meeting ID and share it with the people you want to join your meeting.

4b. If you want to start a meeting with custom settings or invite participants in advance, click Schedule.
5b. Customise your settings (optional):

Name your meeting.
Set the date, time and time zone.
Choose whether and how often the meeting should be repeated.
Invite participants directly by entering their email addresses in the Invited people field.
Choose whether the meeting should have an automatically generated meeting ID or your personal meeting ID.
Add an agenda and attachments if necessary.
Set meeting security with a passcode and waiting room. If you want to invite people from outside the university, you need to disable Only authenticated users can join.
Decide whether video should be on or off for the host and participants at the start of the meeting.
Choose whether participants should be able to connect via phone, computer audio, or both (recommended).
Link the meeting to Outlook, Google Calendar, or another digital calendar.

6b. Click Save when you have finished customising your settings.
7b. To invite participants to your meeting, copy the link at Invite Link. You can then share the link with people you want to join your meeting.

How to create a meeting in Zoom on your mobile phone or tablet

Open Zoom on your mobile phone or tablet.
Log in with your student account, if you are not already logged in. (Need help logging in? Read our guide on logging in to Zoom.)
Continue from step 3 under the heading ‘Create a meeting in the Zoom computer programme’.

Create a meeting in Zoom on the web

Go to the LU Zoom home page: lu-se.zoom.us
Log in with your student account. (Need help logging in? Read our guide on logging in to Zoom.)
You can now choose to either start a meeting directly in your personal meeting room, continue from step 4a, or schedule a meeting with custom settings, continue from step 4b.

4a. If you want to start a meeting immediately, click Host a meeting.
5a. Choose to start a meeting either with video off, With video OFF, or with video on, With video ON.
6a. Click on the small green shield (‘Meeting Security’) in the right corner of the Zoom window.
7a. Copy either the invitation link or the meeting ID and share it with people you want to join your meeting.

4b. If you want to start a meeting with custom settings or invite participants in advance, click Schedule a meeting.
5b. Customise your settings (optional):

Subject: Name your meeting.
When: Set the date and time.
Duration: Select how long your meeting will last.
Time zone: Select the time zone.
Recurring: Select whether and how often the meeting should be repeated.
Invited people: Invite participants directly by entering their email addresses or usernames. Select registration and template if necessary.
Security: Set a password and waiting room. If you want to invite people from outside the university, you need to disable Require authentication to join.
Video: Decide whether video should be on or off for the host and participants at the start of the meeting.
Audio: Choose whether participants should be able to connect via phone, computer audio, or both (recommended).

6b: Click Save when you have finished customising your settings.
7b. On the page that appears, copy either the invitation link or the meeting ID and share it with people you want to join your meeting.

Back to the Zoom guide overview.