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title: "Conducting a Webex Meeting"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/26081657051/Conducting%20a%20Webex%20Meeting"
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> ℹ️ This page will serve as the backbone guide for participating in a Webex meeting, or “session”. This page will contain many links that will bring you to other guides for further explanation.
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ To return to this guide, use the Back button in your browser or use the shortcut [http://s.uconn.edu/how2webex](http://s.uconn.edu/how2webex)

### Types of Meetings

- Personal Room
  - Ready to go with a click of a button
  - Always the same join link
- Scheduled Meeting
  - Needs to be scheduled ahead of time
  - Unique join link
  - Can recur
- More information: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10828448854](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10828448854)
- [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10784508584](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10784508584)

### Starting/Joining the Meeting

1. If you were invited, skip to Step 5
2. Navigate to [uconn-cmr.webex.com](http://uconn-cmr.webex.com) and sign in with your NetID
3. If you do not see your meeting in **Upcoming**, click on **Calendar** in the left-hand menu.
4. Click **Start** on the meeting.
5. If you have Webex installed, your browser will ask for permission to open Webex. Allow it.
  1. If you do not have Webex installed, it will download a one-time file to run a temporary application.
6. More information: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10770448539](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10770448539)
7. [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10789814984](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10789814984)

### Video Preview Screen

- Before you start/join the session, you will see the video preview screen.
- Here, check that your microphone and camera are selected: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10770829557](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10770829557)
  Change your virtual background (can be altered/removed during meeting): [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10819764525](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10819764525)
- Click join when you are ready.

### In the Meeting

- A Webex meeting will run until the Host manually ends it, or until the last person leaves. If you drop out, simply rejoin the meeting using the steps above.
- You may turn your camera and microphone on and off throughout the meeting by using the buttons at the bottom of the window.
- Use the Room Lock if you wish to prohibit entry to the meeting: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10770814459](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10770814459)
- Use the **Share** button to share your screen: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10785228772](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10785228772)
  [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10799809405](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10799809405)
- [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10811540100](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10811540100)
- [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10853188225](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10853188225)
- [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26017400149](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26017400149)

### Ending the Meeting

- The Host and Cohosts have the option of “end the meeting for all”.
- Click on the red **X** to either leave the meeting or end the meeting.
- [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10795451396](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10795451396)