Don’t worry about cleaning your room or making your bed before your next  Zoom or virtual meeting… unleash your inner country star with a Country 93.3 virtual background! Choose from 3 different backgrounds and look like your on the farm, in Music City, or about to perform in front of a rustic background! 

For Zoom…

Account

To enable the Virtual Background feature for all members of your organization:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with permission to edit Account settings, and click Account Settings.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Background option on the Meeting tab and verify that the setting is enabled.
    Note: If the setting is disabled, click the Status toggle to enable it. If a verification dialog displays, choose Turn On to verify the change.
  3. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in your account, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

Note: Users must logout of the Zoom Desktop Client and login to it again for this setting to take affect.

Group

To enable the Virtual Background feature for all members of a specific group:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with permission to edit user groups.
  2. Click Group Management.
  3. Click the name of the group, then click the Settings tab.
  4. Navigate to the Virtual Background option on the Meeting tab and verify that the setting is enabled.
    Notes:
  • If the setting is disabled, click the Status toggle to enable it. If a verification dialog displays, choose Turn On to verify the change.
  • If the setting is grayed out, it has been locked at the Account level, and needs to be changed at that level.
  • (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in this group, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

Note: Users must logout of the Zoom Desktop Client and login to it again for this setting to take affect.

User

To enable the Virtual Background feature for your own use:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. Click My Meeting Settings, if you are an account administrator or Meeting Settings, if you are an account member.
  3. Navigate to the Virtual Background option on the Meeting tab and verify that the setting is enabled.

  4. Notes:
  • If the setting is disabled, click the Status toggle to enable it. If a verification dialog displays, choose Turn On to verify the change.
  • If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the Group or Account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom administrator.

Note: You must logout of the Zoom Desktop Client and login to it again for this setting to take affect.

Zoom Rooms

To enable virtual backgrounds for your Zoom Rooms:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin.
  2. Navigate to the Zoom Rooms page and click Account Settings.
  3. Toggle the Virtual Background with Greenscreen option.
  4. Click Upload Image to add more background choices to the default library.

Note: You can use location hierarchy if you only want to enable this feature for specific Zoom Rooms.

USE YOUR Zoom Background

  1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
  2. Click your profile picture then click Settings.
  3. Select Virtual Background.
    Note: If you do not have the Virtual Background tab and you have enabled it on the web portal, sign out of the Zoom Desktop Client and sign in again.
  4. Check I have a green screen if you have a physical green screen set up. You can then click on your video to select the correct color for the green screen.
  5. Click on an image to select the desired virtual background or add your own image by clicking and choosing if you want to upload an image or a video.

    If prompted, click Download to download the package for virtual background without a green screen.

    Notes:
    • Ensure that you are using a solid background color.
    • After you select an option, that virtual background will display during your meetings.
    • To disable Virtual Background, choose the option None.
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