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 Zoom account.
Options available for "Only Authenticated users can join"
- "Sign in with NUS Zoom account at https://nus-sg.zoom.us"
NUS Staff and students to sign in via SSO to their Zoom Accounts with NUS email address before they can join the session.
This is the default option. - "Sign in with any Zoom account"
Participants will have to sign in with any Zoom Account before they can join the session. Users without Zoom accounts can sign up for a free Zoom account. - Add Authentication Exceptions
Invite guest lecturers or external participants to bypass and join an Authenticated session. You will need to add full name and email address.
What if I have external non-NUS participants?
You can add Authentication Exception using the external guest email address.
Pre-requisites: For Generate Automatically meeting ID.
- Go to https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting?type=upcoming
- Click on the Meeting Topic.
- Click on "Edit this Meeting" button.
- Under Require authentication to join, click Add Authentication Exception.
Add Full Name and Email Address.
Add Participants if there are more guests.
Click Save once done.
- 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.
Additional Guides:
How to Sign In to my NUS Zoom Account?
Pre-assign Breakout Room
Add authentication exceptions