Utilizing Zoom with Non-Participants

Intended Outcome: Have non participating users listen in to a live Zoom meeting as an alternative to live streaming through other channels. You can have a total of 300 participants in a Zoom meeting.

Intended Audience: Employees

From within a Zoom meeting, select Security on the Control bar.
With the Security options open, uncheck all options within the Allow Participants to: section.
Select the Participants option from the Control Bar. This will launch the Participants side panel.
Add Co-hosts by choosing participant from Participants side panel and add co-host. This should be done with any participants that should be able to launch video and unmute themselves.
In the Participants side panel, select More options to manage all participants (looks like elipsis)
From the More options to manage all participants menu, uncheck Play sound when someone joins or leaves and add check to Mute Participants upon Entry
Select View and from the options available, choose Gallery and Hide non-video Participants