System and application notifications can be very distracting when you are in a video conference session. If you are not using a headset these notifications (such as new email alerts) are picked up by your microphone and broadcast to other meeting participants.
To quickly turn off/on notifications....
Windows
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Select the Action Center/Notification icon on the taskbar to the right of the date/time (see below).
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Click multiple times on the Focus assist icon to cycle through the available settings. Choose the Alarms Only option
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After your meeting, go back to the Focus assist icon and click it until it is set to Off.
Mac OS 11 (Big Sur) or later:
- Press and hold the Option key while you click the Date/Time at the top right corner of your screen. A crescent moon icon
- After your meeting press and hold the Option key while clicking on the Date/Time again and the crescent moon icon will appear dimmed to indicate that Do Not Disturb is off.
Mac OS 10.15 (Catalina) or earlier:
- Press and hold the Option key while you click the Notification Center icon
- After your meeting press and hold the Option key while clicking on the Notification Centre icon again.