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Issue/Question
What is another way to have people watch a live Zoom meeting?
Alternative to a Zoom Webinar?
Environment
- Zoom
- Panopto
- Sudo-webinar
- Webcast
Resolution
Note: Viewers are watching a live stream, Registration must be done outside of Zoom and a link must be sent to the viewers
Panopto - this can be done any time prior to meeting
- Open Panopto at http://usd.hosted.panopto.com
- If you are not setup as a Creator in Panopto
- Email ceddn@usd.edu
- Ask for a department folder for this event
- Identify the host for the meeting
- Click Create
- Choose Webcast
- Enter Webcast information
- Name
- Folder
- Description
- Click Create
- Click Manage
- Under Webcast Type - choose RTMP Source
- Later you will need to copy Server URL: rmtp://xxxxxxxxx
- Later you will need to copy Stream Keys and types: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Click on Overview
- Later you will need to copy the Viewer link: https://xxxxxxxxxx
- Discussion - uncheck to disable comments for the viewers
- The Panopto link will need to be set based on your audience
- Click on Settings Share
- If it is university viewers - it can be set to anyone at your institution with the link
- If they are not affiliated with the university - it will need to be set to anyone with the link - no sign in required
Zoom - this can be done any time prior to meeting
- These steps must be done the first time only for your account.
- Log into Zoom at http://usd.zoom.us
- Settings - in Meeting (Advanced)
- Turn on Allow live streaming of meetings
- Check Custom Live Streaming Service
- Schedule the meeting you are planning to live-stream
- Click Save
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click live streaming
- Click Configure Live stream settings
- Copy the following from steps 7 & 8 above and paste into this new window
- Streaming URL from 7a
- Stream key from 7b
- Viewer link from 8a
Send Zoom link to Zoom participants
Send Viewer link (Panopto link) to viewers
Start Zoom meeting
- In your Zoom meeting
- Click MORE
- Chose LIVE on Custom Live Streaming Service (this starts the Panopto Webcast)
- Start live CC in Zoom (if you want to use this feature) - must have previously enabled auto CC