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What Is a Zoom Webinar?
Comparison Between Zoom Meeting and Zoom Webinar
Webinar Cost Structure
Purchasing a Zoom Webinar License

What Is a Zoom Webinar?

Zoom Webinar is a specific product offered by Zoom which allows broadcast of an event to as many as 10,000 attendees based on your license level. Webinar licenses are available in multiple capacities. Those most often used are for 500 or 1,000 participants. Licenses are available to accommodate up to10,000 participants. A webinar host or panelist may share screen, video, and audio, and attendees may use the chat feature or Q&A options to interact with the host and panelists.

If you are considering Zoom Webinar as opposed to Zoom Meetings, we encourage you to first view the Zoom Meeting and Webinar comparison. Note: Zoom Webinars do not have breakout rooms and attendees cannot speak in the session.

Zoom Meetings can, without additional cost, be configured and managed to replicate many of the features offered by the Webinar product. For more information on setting up a Zoom Meeting for a large audience see -

Comparison Between Zoom Meeting and Zoom Webinar

Zoom Meetings	Zoom Webinars
Number of Participants - 300	Number of Participants - 500 or more, depending on webinar license
Content Sharing - All Participants	Content Sharing - Host, Co-host, and Panelists Only
Audio & Video presence - All Participants	Audio & Video presence - Host, Co-host, and Panelists Only
Chat - Host to All Participants, Participant to Participant (both private and Public) (Note that Hosts can disable Public and Private Chat if so desired)	Chat is available for all roles in the webinar (Hosts can choose to disable chat completely for participants)
Polling - Available	Polling - Available
Breakout Rooms - Available	Breakout Rooms - Not available
Q&A - Not available	Q&A - Available

Use Cases

Use Case	Considerations	Solution
Staff or team meetings	No more than 300 participants, video and audio presence for all participants, and ability to share content. Rich participant engagement.	Meeting
Regular meetings	Ability to see all participants. Audio, video, and public or private chat is available to all.	Meeting
Class under 300	Ideal for interactive sessions where broad participation is favored. Breakout sessions can be utilized for small group discussions.	Meeting
Virtual conference	Capacity for larger events (e.g. conferences). Greater control of the session for the host, co-host, and panelists. Audio, video and other content can be shared by the host, co-host, and panelists only. Includes a polling feature to enhance attendee engagement.	Webinar
Townhall meetings	Large public events which have limited interaction	Webinar
Class of over 300 students	A virtual lecture hall accommodating a large audience, with the ability to use the Q&A feature for students to ask questions during class.	Webinar

ND Studios Webinar Services

There are two types of Zoom Webinar services offered by ND Studios, Supported and Self-Managed Webinar. To schedule or plan a Zoom Webinar, you can submit a request at https://studios.nd.edu/contact-us/#media-production or contact ND Studios at: Studios@nd.edu 574-631-2200.

Supported Webinar

ND Studios will fully support your webinar event. This will include consultation, pre-event testing, configuration, security, event support, and post-event analytics. ND Studios will size the webinar to fit the event. A supported Webinar can either utilize technology in the Martin Media Center, providing a fully professional production or can be supported remotely by engineers within ND Studios. In either case, appropriate security and webinar parameters will be applied to meet the needs of your virtual event. Pricing for this service is outlined below in the Webinar Cost Structure.

Webinar Cost Structure

Webinar Cost Structure - Supported

Webinar Configuration $250
Webinar License Rental
- 500 participants $50
- 1000 participants $75
Support staff charges for event and testing time - $75/hr
Events using the Martin Media Center will incur additional costs. A quote will be provided for review.

Webinar Cost Structure - Self-supported

Webinar Configuration $250
Webinar License Rental
- 500 participants $50
- 1000 participants $75

Purchasing a Zoom Webinar License

Following consultation with ND Studios staff, a department or institute may decide to purchase a webinar license for their continuing use.

Dedicated Annual License Rate (unlimited use for the year)

Currently under $621 / calendar year (500-participants)
Currently under $2955 / calendar year (1000-participants)
IMPORTANT: Listed prices are good from Jan 1-Dec 31 and go down throughout the year. For example, purchasing a license halfway through the year would be around half of the listed cost.

In addition to availability for frequent events, an annual license from Zoom will be useful if you wish to register participants or generate reporting for your events.

To purchase an annual Zoom webinar license, please submit a request using this form. In most cases, the OIT will be able to procure and provision the license to your account within 1 to 2 weeks. Premium licenses are also available for Zoom Rooms. More information can be found here.

Training relative to administering a webinar is available directly from Zoom

For self-paced tutorials, view Zoom video tutorials including Zoom Webinar.

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