What’s a Virtual Webinar? Is it secure?
A Virtual Webinar is similar to any other type of video conference, but has a few added perks. With our Virtual Webinars, we have the added security measures of Password Protection and a Waiting Room. Only registered attendees will receive the information and password to join the Webinar. Once they have joined, they will be put into a Waiting Room. BYC Staff Members will verify the name of the Attendee to make sure they are an actual registrant in our database. If everything checks out, perfect! Welcome to the Webinar!
In the Webinar, the Host has control over who can and cannot speak during the Webinar. Attendees (in this case, our Campers) typically do not speak in a Webinar, but they can raise their hand through the chat, and the Host can permit their audio so they can ask questions as needed! There is also a chat bar that can be used by Attendees, and the chat will be monitored closely by a BYC Staff Member during the entire Webinar. We chose Webinars as our preferred method for Virtual Camp because hosts still have a reasonable amount of control of what goes on in the Webinar, but there is still room for interaction and engagement from Campers!