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Zoom Webinar |
Teams Webinars |
Teams Town Halls (Formerly Live Events) |
Capacity and Price (‘23-’24) |
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| Use Case | A single presenter or a panel presenting to a large audience of attendees. Attendees can interact via chat, Q&A, and reactions without camera or microphone. | A single presenter or a panel presenting to an interactive audience of attendees. Attendees can interact via chat, Q&A, and reactions without camera or microphone. Attendees are visible to all users in the meeting. Example: Staff Council meetings where attendees will still communicate to all participants in the chat. | A single presenter or a panel presenting to an interactive audience of attendees. Attendees participation is limited to asking questions via Q&A. Attendee names are not viewable during the town hall, but will be available in reports and Q&A if enabled Example: Guest lectures where the audience may want to submit questions. |
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*A customizable registration form is required for attendees to complete in order to join Teams Webinars |
*Registration is not required, and cannot be enabled. If your event needs registration, you may opt for a Teams Webinar. |
Who can be a presenter |
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Who can attend | Can be limited to:
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Practice Sessions/Pre-live setup
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Yes, you can open the webinar for presenters (Panelists) prior to the webinar being live for attendees until the Host confirms “Start Webinar”
| Yes, Teams Webinars run as Pre-Show for Organizers and Presenters to set up and practice until the Producer confirms “Start Meeting” | Yes, the Town Hall runs as Pre-Show for Organizers and Presenters to set up and practice until the Producer confirms “Start Meeting” |
Chat | Can be limited to:
| Open to all participants, but can be disabled or customized to allow chat to continue after the Webinar ends | Chat is exclusive and Presenters. Text to the attendees can sent using Announcements in Q&A |
Q&A | Published questions can be upvoted by the audience if upvoting is enabled for visibility. | Published questions can be upvoted by the audience for visibility. | Published questions can be upvoted by the audience for visibility.
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Recordings | Recordings may be recorded locally (if allowed by host) or to Cloud Recordings. Cloud recordings will always go to the original Host’s Zoom Cloud Recordings The Zoom Panopto integration can automatically transfer these to the appropriate course folder or the host’s personal Panopto folder. | Recording is enabled by default but can be disabled. Once recorded, the video file will be sent to the Organizer’s personal OneDrive. The video will be available to all participants with a 60-day retention period by default, but these settings can be changed by the organizer in OneDrive. The Teams Panopto integration can automatically transfer these to the organizer’s personal Panopto folder. | Same as Teams Webinar Teams Town Halls now have improved resolution and quality from Live Events.
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Accessibility | Options include:
NOTE: Automated language translation is not available by default for UT Zoom users | Options include:
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Camera Views | Presenters can now Manage what users see and gallery view + shared screen content is fully customizable by all presenters. |