Play videos or show a presentation directly in a webinar! With this feature, you can create a playlist of your Wistia videos for each webinar and play them natively during the webinar. You can also upload a PDF of slides from your computer to present.

To get started, navigate to the Event room by clicking "Join event room," then "Join as host."

From the Event room, click the “Present” tab in the side panel.

From here, you’ll be able to select videos from your Wistia account to add to the queue or upload a PDF of slides to present.

After selecting a video, you can click "Add" any time to add more videos (or slides) to present.

This media list can be used at any point during your webinar.

To bring a video on stage, hover over it and click “Play on stage.” The video will begin playing right away.

The video can be removed at any time to bring hosts or panelists back on stage.

Once the video is over, the host can either choose another video to play on stage in its place or remove the existing video from the stage.

After clicking "Present" and choosing the option to add slides, you can upload a PDF to present to your audience.

To begin presenting your slides, hover over the presentation thumbnail and click "Add to stage."

Presenters can be brought on stage or remain off stage during the presentation. Presenters who are off stage are muted.

Slides can be controlled by hosts and panelists using:

To delete a video or slides from the queue, hover over the thumbnail, then click the trash icon.

Any video you're presenting doesn't loop automatically. To repeat a short clip, countdown, or intro video, upload a longer version with the loop built into the file, or play the video again manually when it ends. When you're ready, hover over the video and click "Play on stage."

At this time, you'll need to upload a PDF file with your slides. If your slides are in Google Slides, PowerPoint, or another tool, export the deck as a PDF first. Then, in the Event room, open "Present," choose the option to add slides, and upload the PDF. This avoids the window-sizing and alignment issues that can happen when screen-sharing a deck.

Only hosts are able to upload slides; however, both hosts and panelists can control slides. They must be on stage to be heard while presenting. Anyone off stage is muted.

In a Live webinar, presented videos don't start on their own. After adding a video to the Present tab, you'll need to hover over it and click "Play on stage" to begin. (Automatic playback only applies to Pre-recorded webinars.)

Not while using Present Media. When a video is on stage, hosts and panelists are muted and can't be brought on stage. If you need to speak over your content, screenshare the video instead (you can optionally disable tab/system audio), bring the screenshare and your speakers on stage, and use the Spotlight layout so the screenshare fills the stage while presenters stay audible.