Alternative Contact Info and Video Conference System Guide Completing ‘Alternative Contact Info’

A new field called ‘Alternative Contact Info’ has been added to ‘My Information’ within the Online Accreditation System (OAS). We encourage users to update this free text box with the video conferencing systems they have available in order of preference, detailing the system name followed by any additional information required for connection (username, ID, mobile telephone number). Please see examples below.

Alternative Contact Info Business, MS Teams, Skype (ID: smithj), WhatsApp Video (+1 202 555 0191)

If there are no video conference systems available, please update this field with the following format giving an alternative method of contact:

Alternative Contact Info N/A please use email or phone

Video Conference Systems: User Information

We have listed several video conference systems and their independent guides below, although other systems are available, and this list is not exhaustive.

Skype for Business ▪ Follow this link to the help pages for user information ▪ The user’s email address is the Skype ID

Microsoft Teams ▪ Follow this link to the Teams help pages for user information ▪ The user’s email address is the username.

Skype ▪ Follow this link to the Skype help pages for user information ▪ The user’s Skype Name is the Skype ID.

Zoom ▪ Follow this link to the Zoom help pages for user information ▪ To initiate a Zoom meeting a meeting link must be created and forwarded to the meeting participants.

WhatsApp ▪ Follow this link to the WhatsApp help pages for user information ▪ The user’s mobile phone number is the WhatsApp ID