How to - Requiring Registration for Your Zoom Meeting or Webinar

Overview

Zoom allows meeting and webinar hosts to require registration before attendees can join. This guide walks you through enabling and configuring registration settings for your Zoom meeting or webinar from the Zoom web portal.

Applies to: Faculty Staff

Step-by-Step Guide

Instructions

1 Sign In and Create Your Meeting

Begin by signing in to your Columbia College Zoom account and creating the meeting or webinar you want to add registration to.

●Navigate to https://ccis.zoom.us and sign in with your Columbia College credentials.

●Create your meeting or webinar if you have not already done so.

2 Open the Meeting Editor

Once your meeting has been created, open its settings to enable registration.

●From your meeting information page, click the Edit button at the bottom of the page.

Edit button at the bottom of the meeting information page
3 Enable Registration

Turn on the registration requirement for your meeting or webinar.

●Scroll down within the meeting editor and check the box to enable Registration.

Enable Registration checkbox in Zoom meeting settings
4 Save Your Meeting Settings

Preserve your changes before moving on to configure registration options.

●Scroll to the bottom of the meeting settings page and click Save.

5 Navigate to the Registration Tab

After saving, you will be returned to your meeting information page where the Registration tab is now available.

●Select the Registration tab at the top of the meeting information page.

Registration tab at the top of the meeting information page
6 Open the Registration Options Editor

Access the full registration configuration panel to customize how your registration works.

●On the Registration tab, click the Edit option on the far right of the page.

Edit option on the far right of the Registration tab
7 Configure Your Registration Options and Save

Customize how registrations are handled for your meeting. The following options are available:

●Manual Approval: Require the host to manually approve each registration before the registrant receives a join link.

●Host Notification Emails: Send an email to the host address for every new registration received.

●Close Registration After Meeting Date: Automatically stop accepting new registrations once the meeting date has passed.

●Limit Registrants: Set a maximum number of registrants allowed to join the meeting.

Registration options configuration panel in Zoom

●Once you have made your selections, click Save All at the bottom to lock in your changes.

⚠ Tip: Registration Applies to All Occurrences

For recurring meetings, enabling registration will apply to all occurrences. Registrants will receive a single confirmation link that grants access to all sessions unless you configure individual session registration separately.

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