What's New With GoTo Webinar - October

Happy October! As the leaves change, we’re excited to bring you this month’s community blog update, highlighting fresh features and improvements we’ve introduced over the past few weeks. 

Drawing Tools Now Instantly Accessible from Regular Layout

Until now, Drawing Tools were available only for presenters in the Flexible Layout on GoTo app. 
Now, if you’re sharing your screen using GoTo app in Regular Layout, you’ll see a new Drawing Tools button right on your bottom control bar.

• No more hunting for drawing features — they’re right on your main screen.
• You can jump into drawing and switch layouts smoothly — making collaboration quicker and simpler.

✨ How Does It Work?

In GoTo app

• When you share you screen, you’ll see the new "Draw" button in bottom control bar in Regular Layout.
• Click it to access the drawing menu and instantly switch to Flexible Layout.

In Flexible Layout

• Enjoy the full drawing palette and flexible screen arrangement.
• Stay in Flexible Layout or seamlessly merge back to Regular Layout when you’re finished drawing.

Note: At present, drawing tools are not supported when using GoTo collaboration tools in a web browser. You will see the "Draw" button will be visible in bottom control bar but not clickable. You’ll see a tooltip message prompting you to switch to GoTo app for desktop to use drawing tools.

Laser Pointer in Drawing Tools

We’re excited to introduce the Laser Pointer feature in GoTo’s Drawing Tools! This was one of the most requested features from customers who loved it in the classic experience, and now it’s available in the new GoTo Meeting, Training and Webinar experience!

✨ How Does It Work?

• Simply open Tools while sharing your screen and select the Laser Pointer option.
• Use your mouse to point and guide attention during presentations — perfect for highlighting key details, leading live demos, or stepping through complex diagrams.
• 💡 Drawing Tools, now more discoverable than ever, can be accessed right from your bottom meeting control bar from your regular mode!
• The Laser pointer will also be visible in your GoTo Webinar Recordings.
• Only presenters can use the Laser Pointer at this time.

Conditional certificates

A popular community request, we’re thrilled to introduce a powerful new feature: organizers can now tailor certificate distribution based on how long attendees participate in webinars!
This enhancement helps to:

• Boost certificate credibility
• Promote genuine engagement and learning
• Support compliance and audit requirements

Details

• Organizers can now set a minimum attendance duration in the “Customize Certificate” section. Only attendees who meet or exceed this duration will receive certificates via follow-up email.

Enhanced Reporting

• A new column in the Attendee Report shows whether each attendee received a certificate, based on the minimum duration requirement.
  Example: If the minimum duration is set to 2 minutes, only attendees present for at least 2 minutes will receive a certificate (e.g., in below sample report, only the attendee with 4 minutes attendance qualifies).
  Note: This new column is only available for future reports and not past webinars.

 

We’d love to hear your thoughts on these updates—please share your feedback and join the conversation in the comments. Your participation helps us continue growing and making the community better for everyone.

Stay tuned for more updates and don’t hesitate to let us know what topics or features you’d like to see featured next.