Starting your live webinar

Setting up and starting your live webinar.

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Entering a webinar

To enter a webinar, please follow the following steps:

1. In the webinar dashboard, click on 'Open live webinar' to enter the webinar room.

2. Once entered, proceed with a system check.

a. Choose the correct camera and microphone.

b. Check if you're positioned correctly on screen.

c. Confirm that your audio is being received properly.

Controls in preparation room

3. Click on ‘Enter webinar’ to enter the webinar room. All of the webinar controls will now appear on your screen.

The webinar room

Go over these last few steps to prepare to go live!

Starting a webinar

To start your webinar, you can follow the following steps:

1. Make sure you're ready to host your webinar

2. Click on 'Start live webinar' .

3. A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm this.

4. Click on 'Go live!' in the pop-up window to start the live webinar.

5. You're live! Your webinar will automatically be recorded.

Button to start your live webinar

Please note! Only team members with the correct abilities can start the webinar.

The webinar will now start and the indicators on the webinar page will change to reflect this fact. On the left side, the status indicator will change to ‘LIVE’, while on the right side, the duration timer will start running. The number next to the viewers icon will show you how many viewers you currently have.

Indicators on the webinar page indicating that the webinar is live

The duration limit of your webinar depends on your subscription. You can find an overview of our subscriptions and limits here.

If you attempt to start your live webinar more than 5 minutes before its scheduled time, a notification will appear asking you if you’re sure that you want to start the webinar. This notification is there to prevent your viewers from missing part of your webinar as they cannot enter the webinar room until 5 minutes before the scheduled start time.

Notification that appears when you attempt to start your live webinar more than 5 minutes before its scheduled time

To learn more about all of the webinar room controls, read this article.

During the live webinar you can switch to a different microphone and camera whenever you wish to do so. You can read more about that here.

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