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The steps invited participants need to take to join a Zoom meeting are:

• Receive Zoom Invitation

• Install Zoom (first time only)

• Join Zoom Meeting (two options)

  Receive Zoom Invitation

  • When you receive your zoom invitation, it will look something like this: 

  

• • On your invitation you will need to click the link located under "Join Zoom Meeting" (highlighted above in the red box). This link will take you to a webpage and will prompt to download the Zoom installer.

  • If the web page does not automatically open when you click on the link, you may need to copy and paste the link into your web browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc).

• Install Zoom

• • The web page should automatically start downloading Zoom.pkg. If it does not automatically start the download, follow the instructions on screen.
  • You will be prompted by an orange alert to open the package that has been downloaded. Click on the package
  • If the package is not available at the bottom of your browser, check your Downloads folder, or Desktop, to see if it saved in those locations.
    
    
    

• • After clicking on the package, you will see an installation program pop up:
    
  • Click "continue" through all of the menus. You may need to put in your computer password to complete the installation

Join Zoom Meeting (Two Options)

• Option 1 (for first time use) 
  
  • In the invitation click on the link under "Join Zoom Meeting" (and now skip to When In A Meeting for further instruction)
    
    
    
• Option 2 (for every subsequent use)

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