Webinar Mode

Webinar mode is a presentation-focused meeting setup where moderators share content and speak, while attendees mainly watch and listen. It is designed for presentations, lectures, and large-audience events, with controlled interaction, dedicated Q&A tools, and enhanced moderator controls.

Role What it can do
Moderator Starts the webinar, manages participants, assigns presenters, and controls key settings. Can share screen or content and speak during the webinar (based on permissions).
Attendee Joins the webinar to watch and listen. Interaction options (chat or Q&A) depend on the host settings.

Starting a Webinar

  1. Schedule or start a new Conference as usual.
  2. Configure all required conference settings as you would for a standard meeting. Detailed information is available in the Conference section.
  3. Enable Webinar mode in the meeting settings.
  4. After enabling Webinar mode, choose how attendees can interact:
    • Enable Chat and Polls
    • Enable Q&A
Tip: Chat and Polls are suitable for interactive sessions, while Q&A is recommended for structured webinars with moderated questions.
Figure 1. Webinar mode settings

Enable Chat and Polls

Attendees can use the Chat panel located in the bottom-left corner of the window.

The chat toolbar includes the following options:.

Option Description
Chat Sends messages to the webinar chat. Messages are sent to all participants by default when you start typing.
Private Message Allows you to select a specific attendee or moderator using the person icon and send a private message.
Poll Creates a poll that attendees can vote on.
Other chat controls Provides additional tools available in standard meetings, such as emojis, GIFs, and image sharing.
Figure 2. Webinar with enabled Chat and Polls

Enable Q&A

The Q&A section is available in the bottom-left corner of the window and allows attendees to submit questions during the webinar.

As a moderator, you can manage questions using the following actions:

Action Description
Reply Responds to the question directly in the Q&A interface.
Live Answer Starts answering the question live during the webinar. Once completed, the question is marked as answered live.
Won’t Answer Marks the question as not answered, indicating that it will not be addressed.
Figure 3. Webinar with enabled Q&A

Bottom control bar

The control bar at the bottom of the window lets you manage the main meeting controls used during a conference or webinar.

Control Description
Add (+) Opens a menu with additional actions, such as inviting participants, sharing documents, raising your hand, or sending reactions.
Microphone Mutes or unmutes your microphone. The arrow next to the icon opens audio device settings for selecting input and output devices.
Camera Turns your camera on or off. The arrow opens video device settings, where you can choose a camera and preview the video feed.
Screen Sharing Shares your screen or a selected window with other participants.
More options (⋯) Opens additional meeting options, such as recording, virtual backgrounds, keyboard shortcuts, or settings.
End Call Leaves or ends the meeting or webinar.

Participants sidebar

The participants sidebar on the right side displays a searchable list of moderators and attendees. Participants are grouped by role, with the current count shown for each group.

Use the More options (⋮) icon next to a participant to manage them individually (for example, mute/unmute, turn video on/off, allow screen sharing, remove them, or promote them to moderator).

Bottom-right shortcuts

Shortcut Description
Fullscreen Switches the meeting or webinar to fullscreen mode.
Copy link Copies the meeting link to your clipboard for easy sharing.
Manage attendees Opens the participant management panel, where you can manage attendees and moderators and view invited users who have not joined.
Hide thumbnails Collapses or expands the right-side Participants sidebar.