Zoom Webinar

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Zoom Meeting/Webinar license for 500 pax is provided for all NUS Staff Zoom account till 28 Feb 2026.

Feature comparison

Feature	Meeting	Webinar

Feature	Meeting	Webinar
Participant roles	Host and co-host Participant Learn more about Meeting Roles.	Host and co-host Panelist Attendee Cannot see participant's panel Depending on host settings, option to: Raise Hand Chat Text Q&A Text. Learn more about Webinar Roles.
Audio sharing	All participants can mute/unmute their own audio Host can mute/request to unmute participants The host can set all participants to mute upon entry	Only the host and panelists can mute/unmute their own audio Attendees join in listen-only mode* The host can unmute one or more attendees
Video sharing	All participants	Hosts and panelists
Prevent participants from starting webcam video	Use Security Button to prevent participants from Starting Webcam Video Use Focus Mode to hide participants webcam video from showing to the rest of participants	✔
Screen sharing	✔	✔
Capacity	Up to 500* Meeting participants for NUS Staff until 28 Feb 2026.* Temporary Large Meeting limit of 1000 available Click here to apply for a temporary Zoom Large Meeting license.	Up to 500* Webinar participants for NUS Staff until 28 Feb 2026.* Temporary Webinar License Limit of 500/1000/3000 available Click here to apply for a temporary Zoom Webinar license.
Participants list	Visible to all participants	Visible to host and panelists only by default
Email reminders	N/A	If registration is enabled
Chat	In-meeting chat	Webinar chat
Meeting reactions	✔	✔
Q&A	✔	✔
File transfer	✔	✔
Whiteboard	✔	✔
Annotation	✔	✔
Polling	Polling for meetings	Polling for webinars
Surveys	Surveys for meetings	Surveys for webinars
Livestream	Facebook \| YouTube \| NUS Mediaweb (Internal)	Facebook \| YouTube \| NUS Mediaweb (Internal)
Registration	Registration for meetings	Registration for webinars
Closed captioning (Live transcript)	✔	✔
Recording	✔	✔
Breakout rooms	✔	N/A Note: NUS Zoom did not subscribe to Zoom Events
Practice session	N/A	✔
Waiting room	✔	N/A

*Note: If the host or co-host enables Allow to talk for an attendee, they will be able to enable their microphone, as well as mute and unmute themselves.

To Apply

Zoom Meeting/Webinar license for 500 pax is provided for all NUS Staff Zoom account till 28 Feb 2026.

Please apply below if your event is expected to host between 501 to 1000 participants.

Zoom Webinar

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Zoom Webinar Guides