Five short walkthroughs cover everything you need on webinar day — from signing in to closing the room.
Logging in
Sign in to your WebinarKit account so you can reach your scheduled webinar.
Open the WebinarKit sign-in page
Go to the WebinarKit sign-in page and enter the login your Guidepost point of contact sent you by email. Type your email and password, then select Sign in.
The WebinarKit sign-in page.
Open your webinar room
Once you sign in successfully, you're taken to your webinar list. Do the following:
Find your webinar. Webinars follow the naming convention Client Name | Webinar Topic | YYMMDD, so you can confirm you're in the right one at a glance.
Click the dropdown icon on the right of the webinar.
Select Get links to navigate to the webinar room.
The webinar dropdown with "Get links" highlighted.
Can't sign in? Use the password reset link on the login page, and confirm you're using the email your account was created with. Still stuck? Email hector@guidepostmarketing.com for help.
Getting ready
Enter the room and confirm your camera and microphone are working before you go live.
Join using the watch room link
In the links window, find Watch room link and open it. This is the link that takes you into the room as the host.
The Watch room link in the links window.
Allow camera and microphone
If this is your first time joining, your browser will ask for camera and microphone access. Allow it, then use the dropdowns to select the right camera and microphone before going live.
Allowing and selecting your camera and microphone.
Sharing your presentation
Share your slides and set up the presenter view while the room is still not live.
Click the share screen icon
In the room's top toolbar, click the screen-share icon to start sharing.
The share screen icon in the toolbar.
Choose your presentation tab
Open your presentation in a Chrome window first. In the share dialog, select the Chrome Tab option, pick the tab with your presentation, then click Share.
Selecting the Chrome tab to share.
Switch Canva to presenter view
In Canva, click the present dropdown and select Presenter view.
The Present dropdown with Presenter view.
Dismiss the presenter window intro
This opens a presenter window in a new popup. Click Got it to dismiss the intro.
The Canva presenter window.
Set the audience window to full screen
The tab where your presentation was open becomes the audience view — anything on this tab is what attendees see. Click Enter full screen mode so your slides fill the shared view.
The audience view going full screen.
Present from the presenter view
Because you shared the tab (not your whole screen), attendees only ever see the audience view — even if the presenter view overlaps it. Place the presenter view wherever is convenient and use it to advance slides and read your notes. When everything looks right, you're ready to go live.
The presenter view with slides and notes.
Going live
Once your screen is shared and everything looks right, let attendees in with one click.
Click the Join room button
In the top toolbar, click the blue Join room button. Up until now you have been invisible to attendees — this is the moment you go live.
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Confirm in the popup
A confirmation dialog appears. Click Join room to confirm. The session starts and attendees can now enter the webinar.
You're live — attendees can now join your webinar.
Ending the webinar
Close the room cleanly once you've wrapped up.
End the webinar when you're done
When you reach the end of your webinar, click the End webinar button in the toolbar.
The End webinar button while presenting.
Confirm to end and exit
Click End webinar in the confirmation dialog. This ends the session, stops the recording, and removes presenters and attendees from the watch room.
Confirming the webinar has ended.
After the webinar: ending the session stops the recording and removes all guest presenters and attendees from the watch room. Recordings and attendee data are available back on your dashboard.
