Planning and running a webinar: plan, platform settings, accessibility and follow-up
For marketing coordinators, office administrators, trainers and anyone asked to organise an online event or webinar. 'Event marketing: from plan to honest results' is useful first if you're responsible for event goals, budgets and leads; this course concentrates on the practical work of running an online session. You'll write a plan and run sheet with clear roles, choose platform settings for registration, presenters and attendee interaction (using Microsoft Teams events as the worked example, because its settings are documented publicly; other platforms have similar options under different names), build in accessibility using W3C guidance, rehearse and run the session, and complete the follow-up. Platform features and subscription limits change: check your own platform's current documentation and your organisation's events and privacy policies.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 105 minutes
- Contents
- 5 lessons · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 10 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Write a webinar plan with a goal, audience, roles, timeline and run sheet
- Choose webinar platform settings for registration, presenters and attendee interaction
- Identify the accessibility arrangements a webinar needs before, during and after the session
- Run a rehearsal and the live session from a run sheet, handling common problems
- Complete webinar follow-up: recording, captions, unanswered questions, attendance figures and registrant data
Course outline
- 1.Writing a webinar plan with a goal, audience, roles, timeline and run sheetLesson · 18 min
- 2.Choosing webinar platform settings for registration, presenters and attendee interactionLesson · 18 min
- 3.Identifying accessibility arrangements before, during and after a webinarLesson · 18 min
- 4.Running a rehearsal and the live session from a run sheetLesson · 16 min
- 5.Completing webinar follow-up: recording, captions, unanswered questions, attendance figures and registrant dataLesson · 12 min
- 6.Planning and running a webinar: plan, platform settings, accessibility and follow-up: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 13 questions
- 7.Planning and running a webinar: plan, platform settings, accessibility and follow-up: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 8.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
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