Allowing participants to rename themselves in zoom app
Participants, meeting and webinar panelists, and host and co-host can rename themselves with the control panel available for host and co-host.
Note: There will be instances where when display names have been mapped with SAML mapping, and the participants are not permitted to rename themselves, they will not be able to change the display name when joining a meeting. There is a requirement that the client or app version be 5.8.3 or higher to be able to use this feature.
Prerequisites for allowing participants to rename themselves
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A free account or higher is required
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Privileges of the owner and administrator
Account
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You will be able to sign into your Zoom account once you have logged in.
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Select Account Management from the navigation panel, and then select Account Settings from the Account Management menu.
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Click on the Meeting tab on the left side of the screen.
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Using the toggle button, participants can choose to allow themselves to be renamed when registering. When the Enable “Allow participants to rename themselves” pop-up window appears, click the Enable button to enable the feature.
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The lock icon can be clicked on to make this setting compulsory for every member of the account. You are then asked to select Lock as the method for allowing participants to rename themselves in the “Allow participants to rename themselves” pop-up window.
Group
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You will be able to sign into your Zoom account once you have logged in.
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Click on the User Management icon in the navigation panel, then click on the Group Management icon.
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Choose the group that you would like to join.
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Click on the Meeting tab on the left side of the screen.
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Using the toggle button, participants can choose to allow themselves to be renamed when registering. When the Enable “Allow participants to rename themselves” pop-up window appears, click the Enable button to enable the feature.
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The lock icon can also be clicked, and in the Lock “Allow participants to rename themselves” pop-up window, click Lock if you want to make this setting mandatory for all participants in the group.
User
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You will be able to sign into your Zoom account once you have logged in.
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Choose Settings from the navigation panel on the left hand side of the screen.
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Click on the Meeting tab on the left side of the screen.
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Click on the toggle next to the Allow participants to rename themselves option in order to enable it.
Note: Contact your account administrator if you are experiencing problems hosting video.