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title: "Lock the Classroom Door"
canonical: "https://helpcentre.macewan.ca/space/ETS/1809907741/Lock%20the%20Classroom%20Door"
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The **Lock the Door **feature allows instructors or moderators to lock the door to their virtual classroom and admit students selectively. Lock the Door may be configured to fit a variety of uses. Instructors may use Lock the Door to make sure no one enters the room while they are preparing their session. The door may be locked automatically when the room is launched or may be preset to lock after a certain time has passed. The Lock the Door feature may also be used to increase security measures when holding meetings with guests from outside of MacEwan. 

The Lock the Door feature is controlled through the top bar Lock icon. When the Lock icon is displayed as a closed lock, the door is locked. When the Lock icon is displayed as an opened (unlocked) lock, the door is open.

1. When the door is open, click the** Lock icon** to lock the room immediately.
2. When the door is locked and no one is waiting in the lobby to be admitted, click the **Lock icon** to open/unlock the door to the room.

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When the door is locked, participants logging into the room see a banner welcoming them to the room lobby and asking them to wait to be admitted.

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Inside the room, the instructor receives a pop-up notification with the name of the attendee requesting to enter the room. Click **Yes **or **No** to allow an individual participant in.

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If multiple attendees request entrance to the room, the pop-up updates to the number of attendees waiting in the lobby. Click **Show Me The List **to see the complete list of participants waiting for admission.

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Click the **Lock icon **while attendees are waiting in the lobby to open the list of attendees requesting admittance.

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This allows instructors or moderators to:

- selectively admit or decline participants by clicking **Yes **or** No** next to an individual’s name
- admit all participants by clicking **Admit All**.
- unlock the door to allow/admit everyone by clicking **Unlock**.

Users who have been waiting in the lobby and chosen for admittance automatically enter the room. Users who have been declined admittance receive an **Access Denied** banner.

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Instructors or moderators may configure the **Lock the Door** feature from within their room’s Settings menu:

1. Go to the **Settings** menu in the upper bar.
2. Select the **Access & Security** tab.
3. Set the relevant Room Lock settings:
  1. Lock the room for everyone but registered users.
  2. Lock the room for everyone but instructors and administrators.
4. Click **Close**.

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