Zoom Webinars
While Zoom Meetings are designed for collaborative events where participants have open discussion, Zoom Webinars are designed for large presentations with a designated host and panelists.
When scheduling your event you have the ability to use a Zoom Webinar, which includes features such as:
- Up to 1000 participants
- A Q&A feature for participants to ask questions
- The ability to hold a practice session prior to going live
- A number of reports to determine attendance and engagement
Support Policy
MET IT is responsible for the following:
- Consultation regarding using webinars for your event
- Set up and configuration of Zoom Webinar
- Technical troubleshooting and support
- Recording and report retrieval
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the differences between meetings and webinars?
| Meeting | Webinar | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Ideal for hosting interactive sessions with active audience participation | Ideal for large audiences with multiple speakers and limited audience interaction |
| Roles | Host Co-Host Participant |
Host Co-Host Panelist Attendee |
| Audio Sharing | All participants Host may mute everyone |
Hosts & panelists Host may grant individual permission |
| Video Sharing | All participants | Hosts & Panelists |
| Screen Sharing | Host only or all participants | Hosts & panelists |
| Capacity | Up to 300 | Up to 1000 |
| Email Reminders | Unavailable | Hosts & Panelists Attendees if registered |
| Chat | Available | Available Can be disabled for attendees |
| Q&A | Unavailable | Available Can be disabled |
| Breakout Rooms | Available | Unavailable |
What reports are available and what data do they provide?
- Registration Report: Displays a list of registrants and their registration details.
Only available if registration was enabled when the webinar was first configured. - Attendee Report: Displays details about each attendee.
This information may be incomplete and difficult to analyze if registration is not enabled. - Performance Report: Displays engagement statistics on registration, attendance and feedback.
Discuss this option with our Event Support Specialist. - Resource Link Report: Displays resource links interaction results from the webinar.
Discuss this option with our Event Support Specialist. - Q&A Report: Displays questions and answers from the webinar.
Only applicable if the Q&A feature is enabled. This doesn’t include a record of the chat. - Poll Report: Displays each attendee poll result.
Only applicable if a poll was preconfigured. - Survey Report: Displays survey result of each attendee.
Only applicable if a poll was preconfigured.