GoTo Webinar Features FAQs
Review frequently asked questions aroundthe classic GoTo Webinar features.
How can I view what my attendees see during a session?
When you're presenting on a Windows computer, the Audience View in your Control Panel shows you a thumbnail view of what your attendees see.
How can my co-organizer launch a Poll for me so that I can participate in the polling?
Whoever launches the Poll can see the Poll in their own Control Panel and in the attendees' Viewers. If you're presenting, another organizer can launch a Poll so that you can view and respond to the Poll from your Control Panel.
How do I monitor my attendees during a session?
Using the GoTo Webinar dashboard, you can easily check attendance patterns and monitor attentiveness by viewing the status bars at the top. Green bars indicate 100% session attentiveness, yellow bars indicate mediocre attentiveness and red bars indicate lack of attentiveness. You can also see the number of open questions and hands raised at any time.
What's the difference between Chat and Q & A?
How do I save Q & A sessions?
Question and answer sessions are automatically saved and ready for viewing in the Attendee Report 2 hours after the session's scheduled end time.
Can I allow a co-presenter to help me with a session?
Yes. Organizers may invite additional presenters to a session as panelists so that they are able to speak to the audience or share content from their own computers. During the session, you can right-click an attendee's name in the Attendee List, and select Make Presenter. The attendee now becomes a panelist for the remainder of the session and can share their screen.
How can panelists view Q & A?
If you promote a panelist to an organizer role, they can view and manage Q & A from the Control Panel. The panelist now becomes an organizer for the remainder of the session and has full control of the session like you.
Can I draw on and highlight screen content during a presentation?
Yes. GoTo Webinar allows organizers and panelists on Windows computers to use Drawing Tools to highlight and annotate their presentation. These tools include highlighter, pen, spotlight and arrow functions.
Can I conduct Polls and Surveys of my attendees?
Yes. Organizers can create polls and surveys before the session begins on the Manage Webinar page. GoTo Webinar organizers can also launch on-the-fly Polls during a session and include a Survey immediately after the session or in attendee follow-up emails.
Can I upload PowerPoint® presentations?
With GoTo Webinar's screen-sharing technology, there's no need to upload your presentation before your event. Just run it on your desktop and share your screen. If you want your PowerPoint to be downloadable by your attendees, you can upload it as a handout.
Can I take control of attendee desktops?
Yes, but only if they give you permission. To take control of an attendee's keyboard and mouse, they must be the active presenter.
How do I share one application and nothing else?
A presenter on a Windows computer can share a single application, program, monitor or window by clicking the Show My Screen button on the Control Panel and then selecting which application to share.
Which features are not supported on Mac?
- Share a rectangle: This feature allows presenters and organizers to select and share a specific portion of their screen.
- Show Control Panel to attendees: By default, your Control Panel is hidden from attendees when you begin to share your screen. This feature allows you to have your Control Panel be visible on the shared screen.
- Display profile pictures: This feature allows users to add profile pictures to their names in the Attendee pane. Mac users can drag and drop a profile picture into the Attendee pane, but the picture will not be enlarged when users hover over the image.