This article is for WebinarJam and EverWebinar. 

Enhance the viewing experience for your audience by allowing them to view the webinar in full screen. 

Important: The fullscreen feature is enabled by default when you set up the webinar.

Enable or Disable Fullscreen

To enable/disable full screen:

  1. Edit the webinar. 
  2. Go to the Live tab in the webinar settings.
  3. Click the pencil icon next to the Fullscreen button heading.
    Full screen option in webinar settings
  4. Click Save.

Attendee's Experience

Desktop/PC

When the Fullscreen feature is enabled, the attendee's webinar room will show the Fullscreen button on the bottom right of the screen.

Full screen from attendee's perspective

When an attendee views the webinar in full screen, the chat can be collapsed as needed. 

Chat in full screen

Mobile

Note: Due to limitations from Apple, the full screen feature will not work on iOS devices.

The attendees will see a full-screen icon on the bottom right side of the screen when the feature is enabled.

Full screen icon in mobile

The following are a few examples of how chat, offer and poll appear in full screen mode (either in landscape or portrait mode):

  1. New Chat Line Alert
    Every time there is a new chat line, the chat icon will turn blue with a red dot on the top.
    New chat alert
  2. Live features in landscape mode
    The live features (such as offers, polls, etc.) appear on the right-hand side of the screen when the webinar is in landscape mode.
    Offer in landscape mode
  3. Live features in portrait mode
    The live features (such as offers, polls, etc.) appears at the bottom of the screen when the webinar is in portrait mode.
    Poll in portrait mode