Zoom guidelines

St Anne’s – like many churches – is using online video conferencing for meetings, prayer and church related project work. In order to keep safe while doing so, users of the St Anne’s Zoom account (or anyone conducting a video-conference on behalf of St Anne’s Church) is asked to keep to the following guidelines.

• Only give out the meeting ID/ address to people you know and want in your meeting 
• Ask that the people you invite do not pass on the invitation, but contact you directly
• Enable the use of a password for your meeting and only give it to invitees
• Enable a ‘Waiting Room’ facility for participants, who can be accepted into the room only once the host is in the meeting room 
• Mute participants on entry to the meeting, and as host, let participants know you will retain control of the mute function (mute participants according to the needs of the meeting)  
• Do not record the meeting without asking permission Fatherom the participants 
• Do not photograph the meeting without asking participants  
• Do not share the meeting on social media  
• Screen-sharing should only take place with the permission of the host; all content must be appropriate to the meeting 
• If anything inappropriate should take place, the host must end the meeting immediately  
• Zoom (or similar) meetings including children must have at least two adults present; the host must hold a DBS
•  Safeguarding procedures must be adhered to and any disclosures or concerns reported to the Church Safeguarding Officer: Kristen Anderson.