For presenters and organizers GoToWebinar Training For presenters and organizers
Agenda What is GoToWebinar? Roles of participants in this webinar Signing into the webinar The webinar “control panel” Testing your audio Sharing your screen Organizers: facilitating questions and answers
What is GoToWebinar? Similar to live presentations Differences? Use PowerPoint Advance your own slides Moderated roundtable discussion after presentations Differences? Audience members cannot see you Cannot use streaming video
Roles of each webinar participant Organizer: Nicola Tavares Starts and manages the webinar Manages audience questions Panelist: Those who have been designated to present information to the audience. Can control their audio by muting and un-muting themselves May share their screen with the audience Presenter: The person who is currently sharing their screen One presenter at a time Can be a panelist or the organizer Attendee: The webinar audience of the webinar On mute during the entire session Cannot share their screen
Step 1: Signing into the webinar
Before signing on to the webinar: Open up your email to your webinar invitation that you received You will receive a separate email with the password
Signing on to the webinar The session will begin once Reggie or Lisa signs in This warning-security pop-up box will be displayed. Click “Yes”
Before joining the webinar: Sign in 25 minutes before scheduled start time of the webinar to test your audio and ask any questions to organizers. Have your PowerPoint Presentation open and minimized on your taskbar. Turn your phone ringer off or forward your messages to voicemail. Close your email and “pop-up” items at the bottom right-hand side of your task-bar.
Your screen and “Control Panel” Panelist Your screen and “Control Panel”
Your desktop during a webinar Control Panel Viewer Window
Panelist: Your control panel Your control panel is made up of several blocks The control panel will extend down your screen. To minimize certain blocks, click on the plus or minus sign located on the upper left hand side of each block.
Panelist: Your control panel Grab tab Click arrows to open or minimize control panel View presentations full screen Choose telephone Microphone on / mute Don’t use “hold” on the telephone Choose VoIP if you have a headset with a microphone Check your sound before the presentation starts Select who you want to send this message to If you have any questions, type them here
Presenter: Screen control has just been delegated to you Click on your PowerPoint presentation to open it full screen. A pop-up box will appear asking if you would like to be presenter.
Presenter: Screen control has just been delegated to you Click the drop down arrow, show my screen, then clean screen. Hit F5 to start your PowerPoint presentation.
Presenter: Sharing your screen Make sure you are not on mute
Organizers/Presenters Viewing and organizing questions
Expand this box by clicking on the arrow (left of the [X]) Receiving questions You will receive technical and content related questions from attendees here Expand this box by clicking on the arrow (left of the [X])
expanded chat and question panes Why can’t I hear anything? How would I apply the technique that Joe spoke about to icy bridges? Bob Smith Jane Miller RGillum: Please check to make sure your computer volume is not muted. Flag important questions Joe listed 6 techniques, which one are you referring to?
viewing panes Click on the item that you would like to reappear in your control panel.
After the webinar You will receive the number of attendees, that attended Evaluation summary and participants feedback Submit your invoice if applicable