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Recorded Webinar Events (Simulated Live Webinars)

Recorded events (formerly called "Simulated Live" webinars) allow you to record a live webinar, then replay that recording with attendee engagement. It's an easier, scalable, and interactive way to run presentations and demos regularly.You can set a scheduled time or choose to leave the webinar open so that attendees register and join right away (i.e., “on demand” webinars).
Some things to note:
  • You cannot switch a recorded event to a live session. If a live session is needed, it will need to be scheduled separately from the recorded event.
  • Only computer audio is available to attendees watching your event so there's no need to customize any audio settings.
  • Recorded webinars cannot currently be password protected. If this is needed, consider scheduling a standard event.
  • While you won't see recorded events in your webinar history, you can generate reports on these sessions as desired.
  • The number of attendees who can watch your Recorded webinar is determined by the registration limit for your account.

Schedule a recorded event

  1. Host and record a Standard or Webcast webinar.
    Tip: This can be a live event that you already have scheduled or an event with no attendees for the sole purpose of replaying it as a recorded event later. To have closed captions available for participants to enable during your Recorded Webinar event, you need to ensure that transcriptions are enabled for the original session you are recording (either manually or automatically).
  2. Sign in to your account, then select Schedule +.
  3. Enter the event title and select Recorded as the event type.
  4. Customize your event details:
    • Occurs – Choose how often this event will occur. If you want your attendees to watch the event at any time, select On demand then set a start and end date.
      Note: If you select No end date, it will be available for 1 year after the start date.
    • Start Date and Time – Choose the date and time of the event(s). To add multiple sessions, select + Add Another Session.
    • Time Zone – Choose the event time zone. This is set to your computer's time zone by default.
  5. To publish this recorded event to your GoTo Stage channel, select Add to my channel, and then select the desired channel.
    Important: If you publish the event to your channel, you will not be able to change or swap the recording after it has been scheduled.
  6. Select Add a recording to find the webinar recording that you hosted in Step #1, then select Add.
    Note: If your event just ended, you will need to allow time for the recording to fully process.
  7. Select Schedule.

Results: You can allow attendees to pause, rewind, and fast forward the webinar by enabling Show Player Controls (to Attendees).

What to do next: Customize your event, including your registration and email preferences. Any polls and surveys run during the live session will automatically launch during the recorded event playback as long as the original organizer of the live session is the one to create the recorded event (the recorded event needs access to the original library in order to pull the surveys and polls and allow them to be interactive), so do you do not need to manually recreate them for this session.

Change the recording used

  1. Sign in to your account at https://dashboard.gotowebinar.com.
  2. Select the recorded event to open the event details.
  3. From About, select the field with the attached recording.
  4. Choose a different recording, then select Save.

    Troubleshooting: If you cannot change the recording, it may be because you published it to your GoTo Stage channel. In this case, you will have to create a new Recorded event and add the correct recording.

Run the event

There is no Start button for Recorded events. That's because they are designed to launch themselves automatically, either at the scheduled date and time or "on-demand" depending on the occurrence you selected. Because it's pre-recorded, there's no ability to promote attendees during the session or answer questions live. However, attendees can use the floating question button to questions during the event. All questions asked by participants will be emailed to the host afterwards to follow up with as desired.

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