Scenario
Connect a Webinar Platform Host when you want a supported webinar provider to create or manage sessions for your event. This is the webinar account HeySummit will use to create or manage live sessions for your talks.
Quick Start
Make sure you are logged in as the event organizer and open your event dashboard.
Go to Event Settings > Integrations & Developer > External Webinar Accounts and choose Add Host.
Enter the name and email address for the person or account that owns the webinar provider account.
After the host is created, open its Actions > Connect Provider menu. If the host manages their own account, they must sign in and manage the connection themselves.
Select Zoom, BigMarker, LiveWebinar, GoToWebinar, Webex, or BrainCert. The Zoom host connection supports the separate Zoom Webinar and Zoom Meeting choices in the session editor.
After choosing a provider:
Follow the connection steps shown for that provider. Some providers use an authorization flow, while others ask for an API key, channel, or account-specific setting.
Check that the host shows as Active after the connection is successful.
In the session’s Broadcast settings, choose Live broadcast and the matching Provider, then choose the connected account holder. Choose Zoom for Zoom Webinars or Zoom Meeting for meetings. Select Save and Close.
Top tip: you may need more than one host account if your webinar provider account cannot support simultaneous sessions, expected attendee capacity, or all speakers using the same account. Check your provider account limits before the event goes live. Having trouble? Use Troubleshooting Webinar Provider and Host connections to decide whether to reconnect the host, reset a webinar, or check the provider account.