Webinar: How to broadcast an event
Effortlessly produce webinars using Quickchannel's browser-based platform, where you can seamlessly incorporate external cameras, screen sharing, and guest presenter joining remotely.
Create a webinar
To register a webinar event, open up the New Webinar Event wizard by pressing the "Go Live" button in the top right corner as displayed in the image below.
See our separate article on the different steps in the wizard.
Before the webinar starts
In the top right corner you'll find information on the current number of viewers and a two count-down timers. One count-down timer shows when preview will start. When preview has started, you'll be able to add streams and to test that cameras, audio, screen sharing and/or guest presenters are working as intented. The preview mode provides an opportunity to ensure that your webinar setup is functioning flawlessly before going live,
The second count-down timer shows the time until the event goes live, and your stream becomes available for your viewers.
To force live to start before the set start time during the webinar setup, press "Go live".
Invite menu
Press Invite in the top right corner to open up a menu where you can invite guest presenters to join your stream, invite chat moderator to be an administrator of the chat (if enabled). Here you will also find the link to your webinar, to send to your viewers.
Guest presenter
Press Send Email to open a menu where you can add one or multiple emails. An invitation to join the webinar as a guest presenter will be sent out from Quickchannel. In the invitation email we'll also add a calendar invite, so your guest presenter won't miss the event.
Chat moderator
By inviting someone as a chat moderator, they will have full access to the chat and will be able to post messages, reply to viewers messages, block users and hide/show messages in the chat.
Viewer only
Here you will find the link to send to your viewers so that they can attend your webinar and watch your stream.
Guest presenters
Once you have invited a guest presenter to join your stream, we will send an email to the guest with a link to join webinar. The guest presenter will be able to share their camera, microphone and/or a screen.
See this article for a guide for guest presenters, joining a Quickchannel webinar.
Guest presenter joining
When a guest presenter is connecting to your stream, you will receive a popup showing information on who is trying to join, and you can accept or decline the guest presenter.
Sharing camera/screen
A webinar in Quickchannel can have six streams connected to the webinar. A stream is counted as a shared screen or a webcam from you and/or your guest presenters. You will see the number of active streams in the webinar at the bottom left.
Share camera
Press Add source to be able to add a camera connected to your computer. This can be a built in webcam, or a camera connected to the computer that can be recognized by the browser. You will also be able to choose a microphone as the sound input.
Share screen
To add a tab in the browser, an app on your computer or your whole screen, press Add shared screen. A popup will appear where you will be able to add your source.
Please note that sound can be shared only from a tab in the current browser or while sharing your whole screen. If you wish to share sound, make sure that the audio toggle is enabled.
Add sources to the stream
To add sources (camera and/or shared screen from you or guest presenters), click on a source to add or remove it in the actual stream.
Change layout in the stream
Webinar has three different layouts and these determine how the sources will show in your webinar. You can change between these three different layouts during the event.
Up to four inputs showing side by side.
Presentation mode, showing a larger screen that is shared, together with up to three camera inputs.
Picture-in-picture, showing a screen in full screen, together with one camera in a smaller picture-in-picture in the bottom right.