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Please go to the microphone icon in the lower left corner and click on the arrow to the right of the icon. There you will find all the speakers that are currently installed in your system. If the current speaker does not work, please switch to another speaker. You can also change the settings in the "Test Loudspeaker & Microphone" dialogue. There you can switch between the different speakers and test if you hear anything.

If none of the speakers should work, please check your audio settings. You can see these in the Windows task bar in the lower right-hand corner beside the loudspeaker symbol. The scale should be at 100 or at least not muted.

If this does not work either, please check that the speakers are correctly connected to your computer:

• If you are using external speakers, they must be connected to your computer via a jack cable and also be switched on
• If your monitor has internal speakers, they may need to be turned on separately on the monitor

You may be muted in Zoom. You can change this by clicking on the microphone icon in the lower left corner of the programme or by using the key combination "ALT+A". If a dialogue appears saying that you are not allowed to switch on your microphone, this has been forbidden by the host. For some events it is necessary to mute the microphones, because an active microphone could cause a lot of disturbance if there is a large number of participants.

If your microphone does not work even after it has been switched on, please click on the arrow to the right of the microphone symbol. There you will find all the microphones that are currently installed in your system. If the current microphone does not work, please switch to another microphone. You can also change the settings in the dialogue "Test loudspeaker & microphone". There you can switch between different microphones and test if you hear anything.

If no microphone should work, please check your audio settings. You can do this in the Windows task bar in the lower right corner next to the loudspeaker symbol. Right click on the loudspeaker icon and then click on "Open sound settings". You can test the settings of your microphone by clicking on " Input".

It is possible that your camera is not activated in Zoom yet. You can change this by clicking on the camera icon in the lower left corner of the application. If a dialog appears stating that you are not allowed to switch on your camera, this has been forbidden by the host. For some events it is necessary to deactivate the cameras, since many active cameras can cause the programme to crash in case of a large number of participants.

If your camera does not work even after it has been switched on, this could be due to other programmes accessing the camera. The webcam can only be used by one application at a time, so make sure that all other applications that might be using the camera are currently closed.

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You can switch the view in Zoom by clicking on "View" in the upper right corner:

• In the "gallery view" you can see all the people who are participating in the meeting. The person speaking is marked with a yellow frame.
• In the ''Speaker's view'', the person who is speaking appears large in the foreground. All other people are displayed in a panel above.