Mastering Zoom Webinar Registration: A Comprehensive Guide

Zoom webinars are a powerful tool for engaging large audiences, delivering presentations, and hosting interactive sessions. A well-configured registration page is crucial for managing attendees, gathering valuable information, and ensuring a smooth webinar experience. This article provides a step-by-step guide to setting up and customizing your Zoom webinar registration page, maximizing its effectiveness.

Enabling Registration for Your Zoom Meeting

The first step in creating a successful webinar registration process is enabling the registration feature within your Zoom settings.

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal. You will need to log in to your online Texas Tech University Zoom account at Zoom.com. If you still need to request a pro account, please contact Human Sciences Technology Services to request joining the college's pro license.
  2. Navigate to the Meetings tab. Once you've signed in, click on My Account. In the navigation menu, click Meetings.
  3. Schedule a new meeting or edit an existing meeting. Click Schedule a Meeting or edit an existing meeting. If you have a meeting already created, click the edit button located next to the blue start button.
  4. Require registration. In the registration section, you will need to select the required check box. In the Registration section, make sure to select the Required check box.
  5. Save Your Meeting. After checking the registration required check box, save your meeting. Then scroll to the very bottom and save your meeting. After scheduling the meeting, the Registration and Branding tabs will appear.

Customizing Registration Options

After enabling registration, you can tailor the registration process to meet your specific needs.

  1. Access Registration Options: After scheduling the meeting, click the Registration tab.

  2. Edit Registration Settings: In the Registration Options section, click Edit.

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  3. Customize the Following Options:

    • Registration Approval: Choose between automatic and manual approval.
      • Automatic Approval: Anyone who signs up will receive information on how to join.
      • Manual Approval: Anyone who signs up will need to be approved by the host on the meeting management page. This allows you greater control over who attends your webinar, approving those who request to join the meeting.
    • Close Registration: Check this option if you want to prevent anyone from registering after the webinar date and projected end time. Note: If you enable this setting and make your webinar available on-demand, people can use the original registration link to register for the on-demand webinar recording. Attendees can still register on the event date and once the webinar starts, as long as it is before the projected end time of the webinar. For example, if you schedule a webinar for 9 AM with a duration of 2 hours, the registration will close at 11 AM.
    • Allow attendees to join from multiple devices: Check this option to allow webinar attendees to be able to join from multiple devices, such as computers and phones.
    • Custom Questions: You can also add custom questions. You have access to the same options as webinar registration. Click Create.

Branding Your Registration Page

Creating a visually appealing and branded registration page can significantly enhance the user experience and reinforce your brand identity.

  1. Access Branding Tab: After you schedule the meeting, click the Branding tab to customize branding options for your registration page.

  2. Customize Branding Options:

    • Banner: Click Upload to add an image that appears at the top of your registration page.
    • Logo: Click Upload to add an image that appears to the right of meeting topic on your registration page. (Optional) Click Add Description to add alt text to the image. The description isn't visually displayed on the screen but helps people with visual impairments to access and understand the image.

Managing Attendees and Generating Reports

Once your webinar is live, it's important to manage attendees and track registration data.

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  1. Manage Attendees: Click View to see a list of people that have registered for the meeting. Clicking on the registrant name will provide additional info about that person.
  2. Generate Registration Reports: You can also generate meeting registration reports if you want to download a list of people that registered. Downloading a Report of Registrants.

Locating Your Registration Page Link

Looking for your registration page link?

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