Zoom Meeting vs. Zoom Webinar

Meeting

Webinar

Description

Zoom meetings are ideal for hosting more interactive sessions where you’ll want to have lots of audience participation.

The host has the ability to mute all participants.   Everyone is visible in the meeting window and everyone can speak.  

Breakout Room are also available.

Webinars are ideal for large audiences or events that are open to the public. Typically, webinar attendees do not interact with one another.  Only panelists are visible to all participants and only panelists can speak during the Webinar.  

Once the Webinar is in session, the host may promote any participant/attendee to a panelist and/or allow a participant to speak by unmuting.   

Breakout Rooms are not available.

Best used for

• Classroom setting
• Customer-facing meetings
• Sales meetings
• Training sessions (2-50)
• General use by Staff/Faculty/Student

Do NOT advertise this link on a public website (Internet). 

•  Educational Lectures
• Town Hall Meetings
• Training Sessions (50+)
• Events
• Public Meetings 

This link may be placed on a public website.

Cost

Included with your UMB Zoom License

NOT included with your UMB Zoom License.  Each department must pay for their own individual license for Zoom Webinar.   Please see the price list on page 2 and follow the instructions on how to request a Webinar license.   Note: price ranges from $350-$8,675 annually. 

Loaner Webinar Licenses are available. Please use your Outlook Calendaring feature to reserve a 100 (CITS Zoom Webinar 100), 500 (CITS Zoom Webinar 500) or 1,000 (CITS Zoom Webinar 1000) Webinar license.  Please request your Webinar reservation at least 2 weeks prior to your Event.  Availability is based on the needs of CITS and Central Administration followed by a first come, first serve basis from other schools and departments. 

This process must go through an approval process and all submissions are “pending” until approved.    If you regularly schedule Webinars, please purchase a license.