HowTo - Join lobby & sessions of a Zoom Event as pre-registered speaker for Admissions Directors events

HowTo - Join lobby & sessions of a Zoom Event as pre-registered speaker for Admissions Directors events

This Knowledge Base article provides the steps on how to join the lobby and sessions of a Zoom event as a pre-registered speaker.

How to enter event lobby and join sessions:
1. Click the event link in your email/calendar appt to open the Event Landing Page.
2. Click the "sign-in" button in the top right corner to sign into your institutional Zoom account (DO NOT click the "Register" buttons)




3. Click "Join Lobby" button to enter Event Lobby.


Alert
Once you've entered the Lobby, we recommend you do not close this webpage. Keeping the lobby webpage open allows you to switch between sessions easily. If you close it, you'll need to use the Event link in your email/calendar appt to reopen it.

4. Click the "Sessions" button in top right corner to view all sessions for that event



5. Click the "Join" button next to the session you would like to join (below is an example of what this button might look like)
  1. At the beginning of the event, please join the welcome/opening/updates session (the name for it may differ depending on the event)
  2. After the opening session concludes, join the breakout session your university is assigned to and has "Q&A" in the title. The button for this session may read either "Join" or "Start backstage."
    1. In the example picture below, Indiana University is in the first breakout session while Northwestern is in the second breakout session







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If you are unable to login or need assistance of any kind, please contact admissions@btaa.org.
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