Using Zoom registration


Updated May 2023

Zoom registration can be used to collect participant data for your meetings and webinars and allows you to compare your registration list with your attendee report. Zoom registration is the easiest way to collect attendee information. Zoom registration also adds a layer of security by asking people to provide a name and email before attending.

Meeting or webinar?

You can use registration with both meetings and webinars. You may wonder, what is the difference between Zoom meetings and Zoom webinars? Meetings and webinars have similar features and functionality but have some key differences. Compare meetings and webinars.

Adding registration in Zoom

The steps to enable registration is the same for Meetings and Webinars, but some of the registration options are different between the two. Registration can be added while creating a new meeting or webinar, or it can be added to an existing meeting or webinar. Log into the UMN Zoom portal to add registration. Schedule a new meeting or webinar or click to edit an existing one. Select the Registration Required box.

Registration for recurring meetings and webinars
Choose an option for how attendees should register for your recurring events:
  • Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences. All dates and times of the meeting/webinar will be listed and the registrant will be registered for all occurrences.
  • Attendees need to register for each occurrence to attend. They can only choose one date and time on the registrant page.
  • Attendees register once and can choose one or more occurrences to attend. They will need to select which dates and times they would like to attend and they will only be registered for those occurrences. They can choose multiple options.

Registration options for Meetings

After scheduling your meeting with registration selected, the registration link is available, and registration options appear at the top of the meeting summary page:


Manage Registrants
View a list of your registrants, copy or resend a registration confirmation notification.

Registration Options
You can change approvals, notifications, customize registration questions, and include social media buttons on the registration page.
  • Customizing registration questions: by default, registration will collect a participant’s name and email address. Click Questions to choose from a list of pre-defined questions or Custom Questions to add your own (short answer or single answer).

Email Settings 
Customize the confirmation email sent to registrants

Branding
Add a banner image and Extension Wordmark for the registration page. Extension Zoom branding resources can be found on the Extension Intranet
 


Registration options for Webinars

Webinars include additional registration options such as inviting panelists/speakers, source tracking, reminder emails and add speaker information to be included in the email invitation and on the registration page.

Invite Panelists
Panelists do not need to register for the webinar. Click Edit to add panelists/speakers. They will receive an email with a unique panelist link they must use to join the webinar. It is recommended to resend the link to panelists the day of the webinar. Click Edit to resend the panelist link.

Registration source tracking
Source tracking allows you to see where your registrants are coming from if you share the webinar registration page in multiple locations.

Registration options
In this section, you can customize the registration questions, approval options, notification settings, and limit registration.

Manage attendees
Import attendees (csv file), resend participant confirmation email


Email settings
Customize email messages to panelists and registrants. Send customized reminder emails, follow-up emails to attendees, and absentees.


Registration Branding
  • In addition to adding a banner and Wordmark, you can add Extension branding colors and up to 10 speaker bios, photos, etc.
  • Add a post-webinar survey link that Zoom will open in attendees’ browsers after leaving the webinar.
  • Edit the Social Media Share Description that appears on the registration page for your participants to use to share your event.

The Participant Experience

When someone registers for your meeting or webinar, an email confirmation notification is sent to them with a unique link they have to use to join the meeting. They cannot share their link with anyone else.

If a registrant looses their registration confirmation email, you can resend it to them under the Manage Attendees option where you see your list of registrants.

Additional resources:

Scheduling a webinar with Zoom registration

Registration for meetings

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