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Webinars

Zoom also provides the option to run Webinars.

Staff accounts at the university have access to schedule webinars (allowing up to 500 participants).

How to schedule a webinar without registration

How to schedule a webinar with registration

What is a webinar?

A webinar is similar to a normal Zoom meeting, however only the host/s and panelists can be seen heard and share their screens. All other attendees can only watch and listen. They may be able to use chat or Q&A functions if those have been permitted by the host.

When to run a webinar?

Generally a webinar is useful when you will have one or more presenters delivering content to a large, passive audience, such as for a conference or symposium.

Webinars are also more secure than meetings in that standard attendees have limited means to disrupt proceedings, this therefore allows you to promote your event widely if you wish.

Making a normal meeting like a webinar

In situations where you will only have a small online audience and you will not be promoting your event widely, you may find using a normal Zoom meeting sufficient to run your event much like a Webinar.

Here are some things you can do with your own meeting settings to mimic a Webinar experience:

You can turn participants video off and enable mute on entry when scheduling a meeting in the App or on the web as per the below screenshots:

Once in the Meeting, here are Zoom Meeting Watch Only Features you can apply to make your Zoom meeting will be very much like a webinar. Only the Host or co-hosts will be able to be seen and heard and share their PowerPoint or presentation. The remaining participants will be able to listen to and view the presentation and ask questions via the chat function.