How to Install and Use Zoom – The Charlotte Garden Club

Zoom is a reliable cloud platform for video, voice, and content sharing that runs across mobile devices, computers, and telephones. Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams and members together in a virtual environment to get more done.

Get ready to attend Zoom meetings and events:

You must have a free Zoom account before you can attend a Zoom meeting. CLICK HERE to sign-up.
After you have a Zoom account, you must download the plug-in to your computer or download the App to your phone before you can attend a Zoom meeting. When you attend your first Zoom meeting, if you do not have Zoom installed, you will see a link to download the App or plug-in.
If you would like to test your computer or device with Zoom, you can CLICK HERE to join a test meeting to test your device.

To attend a virtual Charlotte Garden Club program through Zoom:

All Charlotte Garden Club members will receive a meeting invitation a few days before each virtual program is scheduled. We will also send a reminder email an hour before the event.
Registration is not required. Be sure to save the invitation email.
The meeting invitation will include a link to join the meeting.
When it is time to enter the event, click “Click Here To Join” from the invitation to join. A meeting number or password is not required.
You will automatically be muted and your video will be disabled. Only our panelists and our presentations will be on the screen during the event.
If you have questions for the presenter during the event, click the “Chat” button at the bottom of your screen to send your questions to the host. There will be a Q&A at the end of the meeting.

Suggestions for attending a Zoom meeting:

It is better to attend a meeting with a computer, tablet, or phone that has a camera and microphone.
It is better to attend a meeting through WIFI.
If the meeting audio is not acceptable through your device, please exit the audio through your device and call into the meeting audio with a phone call.

We hope to see you all in our virtual meetings!