How can I use my phone and my laptop on zoom without a loud echo?

[Louis1895]

11. A couple of other thoughts

1. Check to make sure you are using the latest versions of Zoom on your phone and laptop.

2. Use headphones or ear buds so your microphone only picks audio from your voice, not anything coming from your phone or laptop.

3. The problem may not be on your end. Ask students to mute their microphones unless they are talking. When classes and meetings went online at the beginning of the pandemic, feedback was a big issue for my Zoom conferences. With time people learned to mute themselves and I think the software got better. One or more of your students may not have updated software or may need to mute their mics. As host, you can set your software to mute participants when they log on. Also, as host you can mute them from your end if someone has a live mic causing feedback. I used to host a seminar series at my university and I constantly monitored the participants list to shut off the mics of people on the conference. You can also designate someone to be a co-host to handle those duties if you are the speaker.