Promoting Meetings like a Webinar
Managing Zoom Meetings like a Webinar
Many features (e.g., screen sharing, polling, recording) remain consistent across meetings and webinars. Below are key differences to consider:
Feature | Meetings | Webinar |
Roles | Note: Host, Alternative host and co-host are the same for both meetings and webinar.
Participant: The controls of this role depend on the privileges the host has allowed them to have. | Panelist: Full participants in a webinar. This role can share content and answer Q&A.
Attendee: View-only participants that host can give further control to. |
Capacity | 300 seats available | 500 -1000 seats available |
Host Control | Hosts choose amount of control they want participants to have. They can disable participants privileges within the meeting. | Attendees begin the webinar as view only participants. They may be granted certain controls as the host sees fit. |
Q&A | Q & A can be enabled to allow hosts and panelists to answer questions privately or publicly | Q&A can be enabled to allow hosts and panelists to answer questions privately or publicly. |
Participant List | The participant list is viewable to all users attending the meeting and cannot be hidden. | The participant list can only be viewed by the host and panelists of the Webinar. |
Configure Zoom Account
Go to Settings in your Zoom web portal and alter the permissions that participants will have in the meeting
Basic Settings
Scroll down to the In-meeting (Basic) section and locate Screensharing settings
Toggle On Screensharing to Host Only