A webinar is an engaging online event where a speaker, or small group of speakers, deliver a presentation to a large audience who participate by submitting questions, responding to polls and using other available interactive tools. It is an event held on the internet which is attended exclusively by an online audience. Other terms used as alternatives for webinar are web event, online seminar, webcast, web lecture and virtual event.
A webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web using video conferencing software. A key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements is the ability to give, receive and discuss information in real-time.
Webinar is typically a one-way communication system in which the speaker speaks to the remote audiences with limited possibilities of interaction with the audiences. Webinar is an online meeting or presentation held via the Internet in real-time. To put it simply, it is an online event, which connects individuals with viewers across the world.The main feature of live webinars is interactivity, or the ability to discuss, send and receive information in real-time.
A webinar is a form of one-to-many communication: a presenter can reach a large and specific group of online viewers from a single location. Providing it is used effectively, interaction during a webinar can be very powerful. In view of the large number of participants, smart tools are essential to channel that interaction. Hence, a webinar offers various interactive opportunities:
Benefits
E-Certificate will be issued to all the participants
IFERP Membership Certificate will be provided to the participants with one year free membership
To get connected with professionals all across the globe
Features of the webinar
Some of the features of webinars are
● Real-time audio, video and text-based communication
● Easy presentation of slideshows, documents and screen content
● Sharing, downloading and recording of complete lectures and sharing or viewing them afterwards
● Surveys, polls, MCQs, exams, and quizzes
Webinars help presenters interact with their audiences using various elements such as chats, surveys, polls, quizzes, and questionnaires. Attendees can also share the webinar event using social media sites for others to join.
It is given that if you show up late to a seminar, you miss a portion of it. But there are different types of webinars, some of which help mitigate this issue.
Sharing video and presentation
Prepare your shared video ahead of time and click on presentation media menu.
Name and save your video link and name your video.
Verify your video is in your video library.
Your video will show up in the video library
Chat
Participants use the Chat feature in a webinar, to ask questions, to make comments and quips regarding the webinar content and to have random discussions among each other, related to the webinar.
Whiteboard
In webinar, the white board is the presentation surface of the presenter notes and guides their presentation by showing a summary of their key points. A whiteboard is interactive and easy to use when you need to outline the steps to be used in making a presentation.
Polls and surveys
Polls and Surveys are used to run an unlimited number of polls or tests on any topic to get valuable data from the audience. To create single-choice, multiple-choice and open questions for in-depth knowledge.
Desktop sharing
Click the Share Screen button located in your meeting tool bar. Select the screen you want to share. You can also choose an individual application that is already open on your computer, the desktop, or a whiteboard. Click Share Screen.
Recording
To record a live webinar, start your session and then click Start Recording (on Windows), or Record (on Mac). This option is found at the bottom of the Screen Sharing pane. When you are finished recording, select Stop Recording.