{"id":2034,"date":"2020-10-21T19:26:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accinsweb8366.wpenginepowered.com\/sskb-redesign\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=2034"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:22:09","slug":"testing-audio-and-video-in-zoom","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/article\/testing-audio-and-video-in-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Audio and Video in Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Testing Audio<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. After joining a meeting, click on the upward facing arrow next to the microphone icon and select Test Speaker & Microphone<\/strong>.
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2. Zoom will play a test tone.<\/p>\n

    3. If you cannot hear it, select a different speaker from the menu or adjust the volume.\"\"<\/p>\n

    4. Zoom will test the microphone by recording your voice. You can select \u00a0another microphone from the menu or adjust the input level.
    \n\"\"<\/p>\n

    5. After successfully testing your audio, select Finish<\/strong>.
    \n\"\"<\/p>\n

    \n

    Testing Video<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. After joining a meeting, click on the upward facing arrow next to the video icon and select Video Settings<\/strong>.\"Video<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      2. A new window will pop up, where you can select your video feed under Camera<\/strong>, and you have other options as well.\"Camera\"<\/p>\n

      3. You can also start or stop your video by selecting the Start Video<\/strong> icon.\"\"<\/p>\n

        \n
      • \n
          \n
        • Simply select Stop Video<\/strong> to stop your video feed from being shared with others.\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Prerequisites<\/h3>\n
            \n
          • Microphone, such as the built in microphone, a USB microphone or an inline microphone on headphones<\/li>\n
          • Speaker or headphones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Microphone Troubleshooting<\/h3>\n
              \n
            • If you are on on Mac OS 10.14 Mojave or earlier and can’t access the microphone, check your operating system permissions to confirm that Zoom has access to the microphone.<\/li>\n
            • If you are on Windows 10 and can’t access the microphone, use the Windows search box to navigate to Microphone privacy settings<\/strong>. Switch on the Allow apps to access your microphone<\/strong> toggle, and enable access for Zoom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Testing Audio After joining a meeting, click on the upward facing arrow next to the microphone icon and select Test Speaker & Microphone. 2. Zoom will play a test tone. 3. If you cannot hear it, select a different speaker from the menu or adjust the volume. 4. Zoom will test the microphone by recording […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[112],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-2034","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-zoom-meeting"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}