Host a Webinar

Manage Panelists and Attendees

• Managing Attendees and Panelists in a Webinar Links to an external site. (External resource)
  • Allow an attendee to talk or remove them from the webinar.
• Promote Attendees to Panelists Links to an external site. (External resource)
  • NOTE: Scroll down to the Managing Participants section to find the steps to promote attendees to panelists.

Communicate with Participants

Using chat in webinar is the same as using chat in meeting for both hosts and attendees.

• Using Question and Answer in a Zoom Webinar Links to an external site. (External resource)
  • NOTE: If using Q&A, consider turning off chat for participants since it may be confusing to them to have both chat and Q&A available. When chat is turned off for participants, the hosts and panelists can still post information in chat for all participants to view.
• Raising Your Hand in Webinars and Meetings Links to an external site. (External resource)
  • Webinar attendees can use the raise hand feature to indicate they have a question or to provide non-verbal feedback to the host.