Setting up your first webinar program on AirCast

  • getting-started
  • webinars

This is the fast version. If you want the long version with every setting explained, the Help Center guide covers the same ground in more detail.

1. Create the event

From the dashboard, open Events and click New event. AirCast asks for two things:

  • A title, for example Product updates.
  • An optional description that appears on the public landing page.

Below the form is a Defaults block. Each setting here applies to every session under this event. The defaults you'll probably want to set on day one:

  • Whether registration is required to watch (on by default).
  • Whether chat is on, and whether it's open or presenter-only.
  • Whether Q&A is on.
  • Whether viewers can see who else registered.

Click Create event.

2. Add a session

On the event page, click New session and fill in:

  • Date and time. Leave blank to save as a draft.
  • Duration in minutes.
  • A timezone if it's different from your organization's default.

AirCast generates a unique room for the session and a public landing URL with the shape /e/{org-slug}/{event-slug}/{session-slug}. That URL is what you share.

3. Polish the event settings

The event settings panel has tabs for General, Communication, Registration, Branding, Reminders, and Presenters. The two you'll touch first:

  • Branding. Cover image, accent color, font, and email branding. Changes here apply to every session under the event.
  • Reminders. The five built-in reminder templates can be edited or disabled per event.

Drop the session URL in an email, a LinkedIn post, or your website. Registrants confirm their email, fill in any custom fields, and receive a confirmation.

A few minutes before the scheduled time, open the session from the event page and start the broadcast. Attendees who opened the watch link flow into the live room as soon as the broadcast starts.

After the broadcast ends, the replay plays at the same URL the live audience used. No separate replay link to manage.

What to do next

The point of running webinars on AirCast is that the second session is faster than the first. Once your event is set up, adding session two is a thirty-second job: click New session, set the date and duration, and share the new URL. Branding, reminders, and the registration form carry over automatically.