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jsheeler1's avatar
jsheeler1
Visitor
4 years ago

Participants vs. attendees?

I'm looking to buy the pro plan, as I need to have a plan that allows up to 500 people to view the live webinar.  I'm confused about the difference between 500 participants and 150 attendees.  If par...
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  • Chris Droessler's avatar
    Chris Droessler
    4 years ago

    When the up 500 Attendees join your webinar they will be muted.  There is nothing they can do to unmute themselves nor turn on their webcam.

     

    The Organizer has the option to allow an individual Attendee to unmute themselves. The Organizer can then take away that right for that individual Attendee to unmute themselves.

     

    If you enable several Attendees to unmute themselves, and you wish to mute all attendees, there is a "mute all" button that will do that.

story-2-24's avatar
story-2-24
Active Contributor
4 years ago

Then seriously, there is no difference. 

So, what would be the true difference between a participant, and an attendie?

  • Chris Droessler's avatar
    Chris Droessler
    Respected Contributor
    4 years ago

    Participant is the larger set of Attendees and Panelists.

     

    An Attendee is a Participant.

    A Panelist is a Participant.

     

    Not all Participants are Attendees.

    Not all Participants are Panelists.

     

    Attendees are the "audience" for the webinar.  They gather information from the presenter.

     

    The Panelists are the presenters. They present information to the Attendees.

    • jsheeler1's avatar
      jsheeler1
      Visitor
      4 years ago

      So I would like up to 500 attendees.  I don't want 500 people to possibly unmute themselves.  That seems like a strange way to set up a webinar with allowing more people to be able to unmute than less.  Is it possible to force mute participants?

      • Chris Droessler's avatar
        Chris Droessler
        Respected Contributor
        4 years ago

        When the up 500 Attendees join your webinar they will be muted.  There is nothing they can do to unmute themselves nor turn on their webcam.

         

        The Organizer has the option to allow an individual Attendee to unmute themselves. The Organizer can then take away that right for that individual Attendee to unmute themselves.

         

        If you enable several Attendees to unmute themselves, and you wish to mute all attendees, there is a "mute all" button that will do that.