Playing a video during Webinar Live Session

Playing a video during Webinar Live Session

For Host

The host can upload videos in advance via Video Library. Videos can be used during a webinar session when doing presentations.

Note: Video played from the library is only available to the host. Speakers and attendees on the stage are not able to use this feature. Recommended encoding settings for the video with format MP4(video codec: H.464), Bitrate(less than 2000kbps), Resolutions(less than or equal to 720p).

Steps to upload and play videos

Step 1: Go to the event portal, click Video Library on the left sidebar.



 

Step 2: Click Upload Video to select video(s) to be uploaded.

 

Step 3: After successful upload, the video will appear in Video Library as well as in all Webinar Sessions on the event site.

 

Step 4: In each Webinar Session, you can find "Videos" tab on the right side bar. Click on the tab and then click on Play Video anytime.


For Speakers

To share a video as a speaker:

There is 3 ways to play a video using a Share screen , Please refer to this article .
  1. Share the entire screen
  2. Share a Window
  3. Share a Chrome Tab

Step 1: One method to share the video is to upload video in Google Drive before live session starts and open it when sharing your screen. Speakers can also share the video that has been downloaded to their laptop via screen share.


Step 2: In Webinar Session, click on share screen button at the bottom of the settings and select "Share Screen".

 

Step 3: Click on Chrome Tab and select the tab with video. Remember to allow the "Also share system audio". 



Step 4: Play the video from the tab shared



Step 5: When the video finished playing, click Stop Sharing. Please be reminded that the hosts are able to stop the sharing and can share their own tab instead.




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