

A variety of license upgrades are available. Town halls, lectures, large virtual events. One-on-one meetings, small group discussions, team collaboration. Most attendees will not be speaking in the event. Webinar licenses increase the particiapant capacity and restrict audience.
ZOOM MEETING VS WEBINAR PRO
Webinars are ideal for large events that are open to the public. The Colleges Zoom Pro license allows for up to 300 participants in a meeting. All students, faculty, and staff for collaborative meetings 300 participants. Meetings are ideal for interactive sessions where most attendees will be speaking and participating.

Webinar: Attendees, except the host and panelists, are view-only, but can be unmuted if the host gives permission. Though Zoom provides options for you to get more social with your attendees, your average webinar has one or a few people speaking to an audience. Typically, webinar attendees do not interact with one another. Webinars are ideal for large audiences or events that are open to the public. Audio is limited to "join by computer" and calling a toll (long-distance) number. Meeting: every participant can chat via audio and video. Think of webinars like a virtual lecture hall or auditorium. The first time they log in to the Zoom website, all faculty, staff, students, and affiliates will be provisioned with licenses that allow them to conduct meetings with up to 300 participants. A webinar, on the other hand, is a more controlled environment, where hosts, co-hosts, and panelists share audio, video, or screen with participants whose interaction is limited to features like polling and Q&A.įor additional detail, visit What's a Zoom Meeting? What's a Zoom Webinar?

Any participant can share their screen, subject to the host's security settings. The host can share hosting responsibilities with other participants. Zoom meetings, which UChicago Presents uses for. Note: Alumni are not included in the Cornell Zoom license.Ī meeting is a Zoom event where one person is the host and all other participants generally have equal footing. If a Zoom webinar is like a virtual lecture hall, then a Zoom meeting is like a digital conference room.
