How to use a password with your Zoom meeting
Adding a password to you meeting is one the ways you can help reduce the chances that you will encounter a troll attempting to Zoombomb your course. Ideally once created you would share the password with your class via a WebCampus announcement or direct email to ensure that only your students receive the password.
Follow the steps below to add a password to your Zoom meeting
From WebCampus
- Browse to your course and select Zoom from your Course Menu.
- From the Zoom interface, click on the Schedule a New Meeting button.
- On the page that loads, enter all of your meeting information.

- Under the Meeting Options section, select the “Require meeting password” option.
- You will be prompted to enter a meeting password. Enter a password that will not be easy to guess.
- Click the Save button to save your meeting. All participants will require the meeting password to enter the Zoom meeting room.
From the University's Zoom webpage
- Go to the University's Zoom web page and login.
- Click on the Schedule a New Meeting button.
- On the page that loads, enter all of your meeting information.
- Select the “Require meeting password” option. Use the randomly generated password, or enter one of your own.
- You will be prompted to enter a meeting password. Enter a password that will not be easy to guess.
- Click the Save button to save your meeting. All participants will require the meeting password to enter the Zoom meeting room.
From the Zoom application
- Launch the Zoom application on your computer.
- Click on the “Sign In with SSO” option. (The University's company domain is unr.zoom.us .)
- Follow the on-screen instructions to log in and launch the Zoom application.
- Click on the Schedule button to schedule a new meeting.
- In the window that opens, enter your meeting information.
- Select the “Require meeting password” option. Use the randomly generated password, or enter one of your own.
- You will be prompted to enter a meeting password. Enter a password that will not be easy to guess.
- Click the Save button to save your meeting. All participants will require the meeting password to enter the Zoom meeting room.