Zoom: Alternative Hosts

This article will explain how to use the alternative host feature of the Moodle Zoom meeting activity.

When you create a meeting using the Moodle Zoom meeting activity, since you created the meeting you will be the host. However, if you want someone else to automatically become host when you're not present, you can add them as an alternative host.

Step 1: Add the alternative host to the Zoom meeting activity in Moodle

In Moodle, navigate to your Zoom meeting activity and select Settings. If you don't have a Moodle Zoom meeting activity created, refer to Zoom: How to add a Zoom meeting to your course with the Zoom Meeting activity.

Scroll down to and expand Host. Enter the email address of the alternative host. To enter multiple alternative hosts, separate them with commas and no spaces. This email address must be the email address that this person uses for their RRU Zoom user. If an email address is entered that it not associated with an RRU Zoom user, you will receive an error when you try to save.

Select Save and display.

After saving, ensure there isn't an error. If you see an error, that means that this email address is not associated with an RRU Zoom user. It could be the wrong email address, not an RRU email address, or the person doesn't yet have an RRU Zoom license.

Step 2: How the alternative host joins the meeting

Before joining the meeting, you (the alternative host) must ensure that you're signed in to the Zoom desktop app. The Zoom desktop app can be downloaded from here.

With the Zoom desktop app installed and open, sign in to your RRU Zoom user with your RRU email address. RRU Zoom licenses can be requested here.

The email address you're signed into must match the email address that's set as the alternative host in the Moodle Zoom meeting.

If you're not sure what email address you're signed in as, select the profile menu in the Zoom desktop app and the email will be shown here.