Start a meeting
You can start a meeting at anytime (or multiple times such as for practice), including before or after its scheduled start time (up to 30 days after the scheduled start date for one-time meetings which expire at that point). You can also start an instant session without prior scheduling.
GoTo
Start an instant session — Desktop app or web
- Sign in to the GoTo web or desktop app.
- From Meetings, select next to Create and then select Instant meeting.
Results: A new meeting will launch. Familiarize yourself with the available in-session features and invite others to join.
Start a scheduled session — Desktop app or web
Attention: The navigation has been improved, but the settings shown in this video are the same.
Start a scheduled session — Mobile app
Before you begin:
Download the
GoTo mobile app. If the app is already downloaded, make sure you're on the latest version. This app is supported on iPad's.
Start an audio only session — Phone call
Before you begin: Make sure you have created an
organizer pin,
created a recurring session, and disabled the toll-free numbers for the session if your account has Enhanced Audio (otherwise the audio bridge may not be available for "audio only" access).
Any caller that knows the organizer PIN can start the session and thus becomes the organizer.
What to do next: Manage your phone audio with
keypad commands. When you're ready to end the session, simply hang up. The session will go on for 5 more minutes and then all callers will be disconnected from the session.
Classic
A few important things to note:
- Your session is available to start up until the scheduled end time. At that point, the session can no longer be launched and will be available in the Past Webinars section in your dashboard. However, as long as it is started before the scheduled end time, the session can continue beyond the scheduled end time without any issues.
- While you can schedule multiple overlapping sessions, you can only run one at a time. If you need to host multiple webinars that overlap in date and time, then you'll need to have your account admin add an additional organizer seat to your account, schedule the second webinar from that additional organizer's account, and then host it from a separate computer. If your account also includes GoToMeeting or GoToTraining, it is possible for you to host a meeting, a webinar, and a training at the same time as long as each session is run from a different computer or mobile device.
- If you are already in a webinar and need to leave without ending it for everyone, you can promote any staff member or attendee in the webinar to be organizer so the session can continue on without you while you switch to the next webinar.
- Linux and Google Chrome devices are not supported. Please check our system requirements to ensure you're using a compatible device to host your session.
- If desired, you can practice a webinar beforehand with the other staff members.
Start a scheduled session — Desktop app
What to do next: Use
Use the Control Panel (Classic) to guide you through hosting a successful session.
Start a scheduled session — Mobile app
Before you begin:
Download the
GoTo mobile app. If the app is already downloaded, make sure you're on the latest version.
What to do next: For a list of features available to you when hosting sessions on the mobile app, see
Feature comparison by join method.
Start an instant session — Desktop app
What to do next:
Invite attendees to join your impromptu session.