Northwestern IT is able to provide webinar licenses by request for events up to a capacity of 1000. The request will secure a webinar license for your event and will be provided at least 4 weeks prior to your event date. If the request is made with less than 4 weeks before your event, we will provision the webinar license as soon as possible. Existing Zoom Meetings can be upgraded to a Webinar as well, in case the event needs have changed or capacity has grown beyond the 300 seat capacity of a meeting.
There are differences between a Zoom webinar and a Zoom Meeting, which you can read more about here. The Zoom webinar capabilities provide:
- Enhanced event registrations
- Enhanced in-meeting controls
- Larger capacity
To request a Webinar license, complete this form
The request form is specific for one-off events, but we can provide webinar licenses for a recurring series (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly) if you can indicate those dates, or date range, in the request details and the webinar license will be marked as long-term, to be removed at the end of the event series or date range.
When a webinar license has been applied to your account, you can access it by:
- Login to Northwestern Zoom (open a browser and visit https://northwestern.zoom.us) and click Login
- Enter your NetID and password (if prompted)
- Click on Webinars on the left and then on Schedule Webinar
There are free webinar training and support resources available from Zoom.
Purchase a Zoom Webinar License for larger capacities
If you need a 3000 ($990/month) or larger webinar license, please send an email to
consultant@northwestern.edu for further information.
Your feedback on this article is welcome, and we review comments regularly. However, if you have an issue or question requiring immediate attention or want to discuss your feedback on this article, please get in touch with the Northwestern IT Service Desk at 847-49
1-4357 (1-HELP) or
consultant@northwestern.edu.