Zoom - Scheduling a Webinar with Registration

Overview

Scheduling a Webinar with registration requires your registrants to complete a brief form before receiving the link to join your webinar. This allows you to collect the names, email addresses, and other information from the registrants. You can choose to automatically approve anyone who registers or manually approve attendees.

Once you've scheduled a webinar with registration, you can:

• Import registrants via CSV
• Collect additional information by customizing your registration questions
• Edit the webinar emails and choose which emails to send
• Customize the registration page - add a banner and logo, share information about your speakers/presenters, customize the page theme, and edit the description shared on social media
• Use multiple URLs to track where your registrants are coming from

If you do not need to collect registrant information, you can schedule a registrationless webinar. 

This article covers:

• Scheduling a Webinar with Registration
• Setting Up Registration Approval
  • Automatic Approval
  • Manual Approval

Prerequisites

• Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Education account
• Webinar add-on 

Scheduling a Webinar with Registration

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. Click Webinars. You will be able to see the list of scheduled webinars here.
3. Select Schedule A Webinar.
   
4. Choose the desired webinar settings. 
   
   • Topic: Choose a topic/name for your webinar.
   • Description: Enter an optional webinar description-- this will be displayed on your registration page.
   • Use a Template: If you have created webinar templates, you can choose one of them to apply to this new webinar.
   • When: Select a date and time for your webinar.
   • Duration: Choose the approximate duration of the webinar. Note that this is only for scheduling purposes. The webinar will not end after this length of time.
   • Time Zone: By default, Zoom will use the time zone that you sent in your Profile. Click on the drop down to select a different time zone.
   • Recurring webinar: Check if you would like a recurring webinar i.e. the meeting ID will remain the same for each session. This will open up additional recurrence options.
     • Recurrence: Select how often you need the webinar to recur: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or No Fixed Time. It can recur up to 50 times. If you need more than 50 recurrences, use the No Fixed Time option. It is not possible to schedule a registration webinar with No Fixed Time.
     • The other recurrence options will depend on how often the meeting recurs. You can configure the meeting to end after a set amount of occurrences or have the recurring meeting end on a specific date.
   • List this Webinar in Public Event List: If your account has the Public Event List enabled, check this option to include this webinar in the list.
   • Registration: Check this to require registration.
   • If registration is required and the webinar is reoccurring, specify one of the following options:
     • Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences: Registrants can attend all of the occurrences. All dates and times of the webinar will be listed and the registrant will be registered for all occurrences. 
     • Attendees need to register for each occurrence to attend: Registrants need to register separately for each occurrence to attend. They can only choose one date and time on the registrant page.
     • Attendees register once and can choose one or more occurrences to attend: Registrants register once and can choose one or more occurrences to attend. They will need to select which dates and times they would like to attend and they will only be registered for those occurrences. They can choose multiple options.
   • Host Video: Choose if you would like the host video on or off when joining the webinar. Even if you choose off, the host will have the option to start their video.
   • Panelist Video: Choose if you would like the participants' videos on or off when joining the webinar. If you choose off, panelists will not be able to turn their video on unless you change this setting in the webinar.
   • Audio Options:  choose whether to allow users to call in via Telephone only, Computer Audio only, Telephone and Computer Audio (both), or 3rd Party Audio (if enabled for your account).
   • Require Webinar Password: You can select and input your webinar password here. Joining participants will be required to input this before joining your webinar if joining the webinar manually. It will be included in the registration confirmation email and if they join by clicking the link in this email, they will not need to enter the password.
   • Q&A: Check this if you would like to use a question and answer panel in your webinar. Learn more.
   • Enable Practice Session: Check this to start the webinar in practice session instead of a live broadcast. Learn more.
   • Only signed-in users can join this webinar: Check this option if you want users to be required to be signed-in to a Zoom account before joining your webinar.
   • Make the webinar on-demand: This will automatically record the webinar in the cloud and share a link with all registrants. Learn more.
   • Record the webinar automatically: Check this option to record the webinar automatically. Choose if you want to record it locally (requires the host to join via a desktop computer) or the Zoom cloud.
   • Advanced Options: Click the arrow to view additional webinar options.
     • Schedule For: If you have scheduling privilege for another user, you will be able to choose who you want to schedule for from the drop down. They will also need to be a Licensed user and have a webinar license. Learn more about Scheduling Privilege.
     • Alternative Hosts: Enter the email address of another Zoom user who is Licensed, on your account to allow them to start the meeting in your absence. Read more about Alternative Host.
5. Click Schedule.

Setting Registration Approval

Setting Up a Webinar for Automatic Approval 

1. With your webinar now scheduled. Scroll down to the bottom of the webinar details page to view the registration options under Invite Attendees.
2. Next to Approval, it will list Automatically Approve or Manually Approve. If it lists Manually Approve, click Edit on the right side.
3. Select Automatically Approve.
   
4. Click Save All.
5. You can copy the registration URL or the invitation to share with your attendees.
   

Setting up a Webinar for Manual Approval

1. With your webinar now scheduled. Scroll down to the bottom of the webinar details page to view the registration options under Invite Attendees.
2. Next to Approval, it will list Automatically Approve or Manually Approve. If it lists Manually Approve, click Edit on the right side.
3. Select Manually Approve.
   
4. Click Save All.
5. You can copy the registration URL or the invitation to share with your attendees.
   
6. After an attendee has registered, return to your Webinars page.
7. Click on the name of the webinar to view the details.
8. Select Edit to the right of Manage Attendees.
9. Select the user(s) to approve or deny. You can select multiple registrants to approve or deny at the same time. If approved, they will receive an email with information on how to join the Webinar.