The Meeting Option: Only Authenticated users can join, will require participants to sign in first before they can join your Zoom session.
It helps protect your meeting from intruders, as recommended by the NUS IT Advisories.It is also useful if you need to Pre-Assign for Breakout Room, as it will require participants to sign in with their NUS Friendly email
addressIn NUS, the recommendation is to select NUS Zoom Sign In required to Join.
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Options available for "Only Authenticated users can join"
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What if I have external non-NUS participants?
If let's say you are now expecting an external guest and need to change the option
You can add Authentication Exception using their email address.
Pre-requisites: Only for Generate Automatically meeting ID., not Personal Meeting ID.
- Go to https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting?type=upcoming
- Click on the Meeting Topic.
- Click on "Edit this Meeting" button.
- Uncheck the box "Only Authenticated users can join" if you have external guests joining and you do not require them to sign in. Check the box "Only Authenticated users can join" if you want to restrict it. There is the option of:
- NUS Zoom Accounts Any Zoom Accounts
- Click Save.
- Note: You cannot edit this meeting if the meeting has started. You will need to End this meeting first, before you can edit.
- Under Require authentication to join, click Add Authentication Exception.
Add Full Name and Email Address.
Add Participants if there are more guests.
Click Save to save the Authentication Exception addition. - Verify the Meeting options again.If the meeting was scheduled in LumiNUS, go to to LumiNUS Conferencing page and Sync Meeting from Zoom.
Note: The change will be effective as long as nobody has joined the session yet. - Click Save to save the meeting settings.
Additional Guides:
How to Sign In to my NUS Zoom Account?
Pre-assign Breakout Room
Add authentication exceptions