Intro and outro

Every session opens with the moderator's welcome and can close with an outro before the final Q&A. Both are edited in the slides editor: select Intro at the top of the slide strip, or Outro at the bottom.

Intro

Image

The intro image is shown only while the moderator welcomes the audience. Without one, the first slide is shown. Click Upload image to set your own. The webinar's cover image in the lobby is always the first slide.

Moderator welcome

The Welcome text is spoken by the moderator at the start of every session. Unless you use an intro video, you need one before you can preview or publish.

• Include {duration} and it's replaced with the webinar's expected length.
• The wand writes a welcome for you, or enhances yours.
• Click Render audio to hear it in the moderator's voice. Publishing renders it automatically.

Keep the welcome short. Attendees are waiting for the first slide.

Intro video

Instead of the spoken welcome, you can play a short video, shown as an overlay on the intro image. Under Add an intro video, click Upload video:

• MP4 only, under 30 seconds and at most 100 MB.
• The video is converted and transcribed. The transcript becomes its captions.
• While a video is set, it plays instead of the moderator welcome. Remove it to bring back the welcome text.

There's also Generate, which creates a talking-head video from the welcome text and the moderator's video avatar photo (see Presenters, moderators and voices). This is experimental. It works for welcomes under 30 seconds, can take several minutes, and uses credits; the button shows about how many before you start.

Chat messages at the start

Moderator chat messages on the intro are posted to the chat when the session starts. Use them for a hello, a reminder to ask questions in the chat, or links. See Moderator chat messages.

Outro

The outro is the moderator's closing, played after the last slide and before the floor opens for the final Q&A.

• Script: what the moderator says, for example a recap and a pointer to the next step. The wand can write one from your slides.
• Render audio: renders the script in the moderator's voice. Publishing does this too.
• Moderator chat messages: posted when the outro starts. A good place for a booking link or a resources page.
• Image: shown during the outro and the final Q&A. Without one, the last slide stays on screen.

The outro is Off when it has neither a script nor chat messages. The session then goes straight from the last slide to the final Q&A.

Final Q&A

After the outro, the moderator opens the floor. Attendees ask their remaining questions, and the presenter answers them out loud from your material. Questions it can't answer go to your Inbox.