Interacting with Zoom Events webinar resources

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Zoom Events hosts can create resource links, upload documents, and display speaker information ahead of the Zoom Events webinar session or during the live session. These can be previewed before (and during) the webinar and launched for attendees to interact with or download during the webinar.

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Prerequisites for interacting with Zoom Events webinar resources

How to interact with Zoom Events webinar resources

View resource links as an attendee

  1. Join a webinar session in Zoom Events.
    When a resource link is launched by the host in a webinar session, Zoom Events attendees will see a small notification with the resource headline above the Resources button in their control toolbar.
  2. Click the notification or the Resources option on the meeting controls bar.
    This will open the Resources panel and display all active resource links at the bottom of the panel. The resources' image, headline, description, and button will be displayed.
  3. Click a resource link's button.
    This will open a window, informing you that a link outside of Zoom is opening, with a 5-second countdown.
  4. Select from the following actions:
    • Click Ok to open the link immediately in your default browser.
    • Click Cancel will return to the webinar session.

View resource documents as an attendee

  1. Join a webinar session in Zoom Events.
  2. When a resource document is launched by the host, click the Resources option on the meeting controls bar.
    The Resources panel will open and display all active resource documents at the top of the panel.
  3. Click any resource document.
    A local copy of the file will download and open for you with your default application for that file type.

View speaker profiles as an attendee

  1. Join a webinar session in Zoom Events.
  2. When speaker details are launched by the host, click the Resources option on the meeting controls bar.
    The Resources panel will open and display all active speaker profiles at the top of the panel.
  3. Click a speaker profile.
    The speaker's details will appear.
  4. (Optional) Click the links (company website or social links) to view more about the speaker.
    This will open a window, informing you that a link outside of Zoom is opening, with a 5-second countdown.
    1. Select from the following actions:
      • Click Ok to open the link immediately in your default browser.
      • Click Cancel will return to the webinar session.

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