Zoom Webinars allow you to broadcast a Zoom meeting to up to 1 million view-only attendees, depending on the size of your webinar license. Webinar licenses start at a capacity of 500 attendees and scale up to 1 million attendees. As the host or a panelist, you can share your screen, video, and audio in a webinar, while attendees can use the chat or question and answer options to interact with the host and panelists.
Webinars can require pre-registration, with the option for the host to add custom registration questions, or registration can be turned off for attendees to join by simply clicking a link at the time of the webinar. Webinars can be held once, reoccur in a series, or can be the same session held multiple times.
Learn about the differences between a webinar and a meeting.
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You can purchase a webinar license by visiting your account's Billing page or by contacting sales. Learn how to assign a webinar license after purchase.
You can also purchase a single-use webinar license that starts at 10,000 attendees and comes with professional support before and during the webinar.
Webinars can require pre-registration before the event. The host can either automatically approve all registrants or manually approve them. The host can add custom registration questions and pull reports on the registration.
Alternatively, the host can turn off registration for the webinar, although attendees will still be required to enter their name and email address upon joining and the reports will be limited to this information.
There are two approval methods for webinars that require registration
Webinars that require registration will have registration customization with Webinar Reports including the custom fields.
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Panelists are full participants in the meeting. They can view and send video, screen share, annotate, etc. Panelists do not count towards the maximum number of attendees for your webinar, but rather are limited by your maximum meeting capacity. Please note that panelists will receive an email invitation separate from the attendees of the webinar, which includes their unique join URL and other joining information.
Attendees are view-only participants, who can be unmuted if the host chooses. Their view of the webinar is controlled by the host. The maximum number of attendees is determined by your webinar license. They can interact with the host and the panelists through the Q&A and in-webinar chat.
If the webinar does not require registration, you can copy the join link and share with your attendees.
If the webinar requires registration, the host will need to share the registration link and have the attendees complete the registration form. Once registered, they will receive an email notification with a unique join link. If an attendee tries to join with a generic join link or the Webinar ID, they will be routed to the registration page to complete registration.
There are three different ways to invite attendees to register:
There are a few ways that you can start your webinar.
Your webinar will open and start in the Zoom desktop client.
If you have added this webinar event to your calendar, click the link displayed on your calendar reminder. Ensure that you are signed in to your Zoom account before clicking the link.