How to Get a Zoom Meeting/Webinar for Your Show
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Here are some definitions of terms that may help you understand this article:
- Zoom Meeting: This is what most of us probably imagine when we think of using Zoom. A Meeting is a collaborative setting where all participants can turn on their camera or microphone and speak as they wish.
- Zoom Webinar: You can think of this as a Meeting with spectators. Certain designated people (called Panelists in a Webinar context) have the ability to use their cameras and microphones, but the spectators (called Attendees in a Webinar context) only have limited options for interaction, such as chat and Q&A.
- Zoom Event: This term is used to refer to Meetings and Webinars collectively.
R2 Reservation
In R2, there are several Rental Items and one Miscellaneous Item for Zoom. The Miscellaneous Item only matters to those of you who are not operating out of Indianapolis HQ.
As you can see, the Rental Items reflect different types of Zoom eventsEvents (Meeting or Webinar) that allow up to a certain number of attendees. OneThere thingshould tobe notea isone-to-one thatrelationship between the items reserved on your order and the Zoom links you need. For example, if your event needs two Meetings and a Webinar, then there should be two Meetings and one Webinar reserved licenseon isyour good for up to three simultaneous events up to that type. In the chart below, rows are the types of licenses you can reserve, and columns are the types of Zoom events that are covered by that license.order.
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Here are some examples to help make sense of the chart:
If you reserve aMeeting 300 license...You can host up tothree Meetingssimultaneously.Eachof thoseMeetingscan support up to300attendees.You will not be able to host anyWebinars.
If you reserve aMeeting 1000 license...You can host up tothree Meetingssimultaneously.Eachof thoseMeetingscan support up to1000attendees.You will not be able to host anyWebinars.
If you reserve aWebinar 500 license...You can host up tothree Zoom Eventssimultaneously.Thosethree Eventscan be any combination of...Meetings(each of which can support up to300attendees) andWebinars(each of which can support up to500attendees).
If you reserve aWebinar 3000 license...You can host up tothree Zoom Eventssimultaneously.Thosethree Eventscan be any combination of...Meetings(each of which can support up to300attendees) andWebinars(each of which can support up to3000attendees).
Indianapolis HQ
If the R2 order for your event is coming out of Indianapolis HQ, you do not need to think about the Miscellaneous Item Zoom License
(ProductID P04642
). Simply reserve the Rental Item(s) corresponding to the type(s) of Zoom Event(s) you need.
Other Locations
If you are operating out of another location, then on your primary order,order out of your own office, add the Miscellaneous Item Zoom License
(ProductID P04642
) to your primary R2 order. In addition, also create an R2 order out of Indianapolis HQMain that includes the Rental Item(s) corresponding to the type(s) of Zoom Event(s) you need.
Production Request
After you submit a Production Request, Event IT staff will create the necessary Zoom Events for you.