Plan requirement
| Subscription | UC-Business or higher, x-bees Standard or higher |
| Also required | Wizywebinar |
Webinar Mode turns a meeting into a presentation: a few speakers, a large audience, and control over who can talk.
When to use it instead of a meeting
A normal video conference assumes everyone might speak. That works up to about a dozen people and falls apart beyond it: cameras everywhere, background noise, and no way to run an agenda.
Webinar Mode is for one-to-many. Presenters are visible and audible; the audience watches and asks questions in writing.
What changes
- Only presenters have camera and microphone by default
- The audience joins muted and stays that way unless invited to speak
- Questions come through text rather than interruptions
- Attendees do not see each other's cameras
Running one
Have a second person handle the questions while you present. Trying to watch a question list and present at the same time means doing both badly, and it is the most common reason a webinar feels chaotic.
Join fifteen minutes early with your co-presenter and test screen sharing and audio. An audience of eighty watching you troubleshoot a microphone is a bad first three minutes.
Recording
Webinars are usually worth recording, both for people who could not attend and for reuse. Say at the start that you are recording.
What it needs
A Wizywebinar subscription on top of UC-Business. It is a paid addition, so ask us before planning an event around it.
Comments
0 comments
Article is closed for comments.