Popular video conferencing platform Zoom has added an authentication feature called Single Sign-On (SSO) to keep the classrooms secure amid the pandemic.
Using SSO feature, users will be able to log in one time, under one set of credentials, to get access to all the applications, data, and services they need.
Zoom already has an SSO option to make it easy for faculty and staff to securely access their account. The experience has now been extended to the classroom for students, who do not need a account but benefit from a more unified access experience.
“With Zoom’s external authentication, school IT administrators can now set up their account so students are required to authenticate against their school identity system or SSO provider before joining a meeting,” Brendan Ittelson, chief technology officer, wrote in a post.
Zoom said that for school and IT administrators, its external authentication adds an extra security layer to their hybrid learning processes. “Students are properly identified within the meeting using the name from your identity provider (IDP), and only authenticated students are allowed into the session, which provides a host of advantages. Additionally, every student’s meeting history gets logged in the Zoom dashboard, so taking attendance has never been easier,” said Ittelson.
