Locking the Webex Room

When you are using a Webex room, you may want to keep the meeting private and prevent others from inadvertently joining. To keep the Room secure, use the Room Lock feature. All UConn classroom/department Personal Rooms begin in an unlocked state. On the contrary, the Personal Rooms of students, faculty, and staff begin in a locked state.

• The Room Lock is global, this means it bars all entry regardless of who the participant is.
• If a participant drops out, possibly due to poor Wi-Fi on their end, you will have to re-admit them.

Locking/Unlocking a Webex session

1. There are two ways to Lock your Meeting while it is in session.
   1. The pop-up button:
      1. While in the Meeting, move your cursor across the window so that the buttons appear along the bottom of the Meeting window.
      2. Click on the button with three vertical dots. The button is next to the red Hang Up button
      3. Click on the Lock meeting option. 
   2. The menu option:
      1. Click on the Meeting menu along the top toolbar
      2. Click on the Lock meeting option.
         
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2. The icon in the upper right-hand corner indicates a locked Meeting. 
   
3. Repeat these steps to Unlock the Meeting.

Lock the Webex Room in an enabled UConn classroom or office

To lock and unlock a Webex Room, dial *5 on the keypad or remote.

How to admit and expel users while the Room is locked

Managing Webex Participants

Turn off the Personal Room Auto-Lock

• Beginning in the Spring Semester of 2020, all Personal Rooms begin in a Locked state.
• To disable this policy: Adjust the Personal Room Automatic Lock

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