If you initiate Zoom sessions using the UC account (as distinct from any private Zoom account you may have) note that from next week waiting rooms will be in use for external guests so you will have to allow participants (who are not staff or students) into your session. The ITS message follows:
- Zoom has mandated that either the waiting room feature or password are enabled at account setting beyond 19 July 2020 to increase security.
- Enabling waiting rooms feature will provide the least amount of disruption to end users, and anticipate the lesser amount of potential support calls and tickets..
- The waiting room feature for external users outside of UC. Any UC users (staff and students) will be set by default to by-pass the waiting room and join the meeting..
- More info and FAQ on Waiting Room for Zoom can be found here https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360045009111
It looks like you can set domains that don’t need to be corralled in the waiting room but when I tried to add @otago.ac.nz it wasn’t recognised as a domain (or any variant of that). Is that because Zoom is American-centric, or because UC doesn’t want to add domains? I can see UC might not want anyone adding domains, but it seems strange not to add at least other NZ university domains from the get-go.