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

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

This warning-security pop-up box will be displayed. Click “Yes”

The session will begin once Reggie or Lisa signs in

Before joining the webinar:

1. Sign in 25 minutes before scheduled start time of the webinar to test your audio and ask any questions to organizers.

2. Have your PowerPoint Presentation open and minimized on your taskbar.

3. Turn your phone ringer off or forward your messages to voicemail.

4. Close your email and “pop-up” items at the bottom right-hand side of your task-bar.

Panelist

Your screen and “Control Panel”

Your desktop during a webinar

Viewer Window

Control Panel

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

Check your sound before the presentation starts

If you have any questions, type them here

Select who you want to send this message to

Choose telephone

Choose VoIP if you have a headset with a microphone

Grab tab

Click arrows to open or minimize

control panel

View presentations full screen

Microphone on / mute

Don’t use “hold” on the telephone

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

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