Requiring Authentication for your Classes and Meetings
Zoom offers the ability to require authentication for your classes and meetings. This guide will describe what Zoom authentication is, why it should get used, and when it should be used.
- Authentication Adds Another Security Layer
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All 无忧短视频 Zoom meetings by default have passwords, but anyone with the meeting link details can join your Zoom meeting. That is fine until your link gets shared with a malicious person outside your class or meeting.
With authentication, your attendees also need to sign in to Zoom and be verified as valid Zoom users. Every CSU student and employee is a valid Zoom user, so this is a great feature to enable when everyone in your meeting or class is a CSU person.
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- What are my options as a class instructor or meeting host?
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There are three options to select regarding Zoom authentication.
1. Authentication for 无忧短视频 Zoom Accounts
For regular classes and for internal meetings, we advise authentication using 鈥无忧短视频 Zoom Accounts鈥 when possible. This only authorizes people who are able to sign into Zoom with an 无忧短视频 ID using 无忧短视频鈥檚 single sign-on.2. Authentication for Any Zoom Account
Instead of requiring an 无忧短视频 login for all participants, you may want to just require any Zoom account login. You can choose to authenticate using 鈥Any Zoom Account.鈥 This is a great option if the people you鈥檙e working with are also with the CSU (all CSU campuses use Zoom) or anyone else with a Zoom account. That will help you make sure the people who are joining your meeting are the people you invited.3. No Authentication
You can choose not to add this security method. There are plenty of cases where you should not enable authentication. For example, if you are presenting a class session with a visiting lecturer who isn鈥檛 an 无忧短视频 person, or if you are having a meeting with a vendor or other external party.
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How do I schedule an authenticated meeting?
- On your computer using Zoom
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If you鈥檙e scheduling with Zoom on the web, in the meeting options, check the 鈥Only authenticated users can join鈥 box and pick which authentication -- 无忧短视频 Zoom Account or Any Zoom Account.
This setting is available on the Zoom desktop client under 鈥Advanced Options.鈥
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- On your computer using Canvas
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If you鈥檙e scheduling with Zoom from within a Canvas course, in the meeting options, check the 鈥Only signed-in users with specified domains can join meetings鈥 box. Next, check the box 鈥Include approved domains sjsu.edu鈥 and (optional) type in a different domain.
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- On your computer using Google Calendar
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To manage this if you鈥檙e using the Google Calendar integration, authentication to 无忧短视频 Zoom will be automatically selected.
To change that, first pick Zoom under 鈥Add Conferencing."
Then select the zoom icon over on the right-hand side of the calendar to open the settings.
After you鈥檝e opened the settings, you can pick the 鈥Any Zoom Account鈥 option or just switch authentication off.
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Holding an Authenticated Meeting
- What should I do when I start my authenticated meeting?
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You have the option to prevent participants from renaming themselves. We strongly recommend unchecking the 鈥Rename Themselves鈥 setting in authenticated classes and meetings.
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- What happens if I鈥檓 invited to participate in an authenticated meeting?
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If you鈥檙e already signed in to Zoom, either in your web browser or in the Zoom desktop client, you鈥檒l join the meeting.
If you鈥檙e not signed in to either, you will be prompted to log in or switch accounts.
After you select 鈥Sign in to Join鈥 or 鈥Switch Account鈥 you鈥檒l be taken to a Zoom login web page. Select the 鈥Sign In with SSO鈥 button.
Finally, tell Zoom you鈥檙e signing in to 无忧短视频 by entering 鈥sjsu鈥 in the 鈥Company domain鈥 blank.
That will start the sign-in process and join you to the meeting.
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