Admissions and orientation
Welcome prospective and newly admitted students, explain what happens next, and create an easy place for families to ask questions before important dates arrive.
AONMEETINGS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Webinar Software for Community Colleges
Give students, families, faculty, and community partners one clear browser link, then host practical live events with registration, questions, polls, screen sharing, documents, and recordings.
Browser-basedJoin from a direct link
Every planWebinars already included
Questions and pollsInvite real participation
Up to 5,000Capacity for major events
MAKE THE INVITATION EASY TO ACCEPT
Bring more people into the conversation without adding another hurdle before it starts.
Community colleges connect people with different schedules, devices, confidence levels, and reasons for attending. A prospective student may be joining from work. A parent may be helping with the decision. An adult learner may have only a small window to ask an adviser a question. When the first step is an app download or a new account, an otherwise useful event can lose people before the welcome begins.
AONMeetings gives each audience a direct browser-based route into the room. Share a clear registration or event link for an information session, financial-aid workshop, transfer event, career conversation, orientation, or professional-development session. People can spend their attention on the topic instead of unfamiliar joining steps.
For the college team, the live-event tools stay together. Use registration to prepare for attendance, share a screen or document when it is time to explain a process, invite questions and poll responses when people need a voice, and keep a recording available when the information should remain useful after the event.
That also means the college does not need one platform for faculty meetings and another for public webinars. The same familiar room can support planning calls, advising hours, live student events, follow-up conversations, and larger presentations.
A CLEARER EVENT FROM INVITE TO FOLLOW-UP
Give presenters room to guide the session while the host team keeps every attendee oriented.
Set the purpose before registration. A short, clear event description helps students and families decide whether a live session answers the question they have now, from choosing a program to understanding a deadline.
Keep the path in straightforward. A direct browser link helps people arrive without making a new account or installing a tool they may use only once. That is especially helpful for public-facing events with mixed comfort levels.
Show the real material. Share a screen, slide deck, form, or document while the presenter explains it. Admissions, advising, financial aid, and career teams can walk through the details in context rather than asking people to interpret a static handout alone.
Make space for the questions people hesitate to ask. Chat, questions, and polls make it easier to check what the audience needs. A moderator can collect themes, clarify next steps, and make sure a useful question does not get lost.
Assign simple event roles. One person can present while another welcomes attendees, watches timing, and keeps an eye on participation. Naming those roles before the room opens makes the experience calmer for both staff and attendees.
Keep the work useful after the live hour. Record the session, then share the promised resources and next steps. A recording gives someone who missed the event a way back into the information without requiring the team to repeat the same presentation.
FOR THE MOMENTS THAT HELP PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD
Use one professional room for the conversations that make college feel more navigable.
AONMeetings supports community colleges that need a clear live format, practical participation, and a dependable way to keep helpful information available after the event.
Advising and student support
Host live sessions on registration, financial aid, transfer planning, academic support, wellness resources, or career preparation, then share the recording for people who could not attend.
Community and workforce events
Bring employers, local partners, alumni, faculty, and adult learners together for a workshop, panel, information session, or skills-focused event without making access complicated.
KEEP THE LIVE HOUR FOCUSED
A useful college webinar starts with a few decisions that respect people’s time.
Start with one clear outcome. A financial-aid session might help families understand the next form. A transfer event might help students identify the right adviser. An orientation session might show new students how to begin confidently. When the team knows what attendees should leave with, the agenda, examples, and closing action become easier to shape.
Then plan the roles around the audience. The presenter owns the substance. The host welcomes people and keeps the schedule moving. A moderator watches for questions, helps people find the right resource, and flags the topics that deserve a clearer answer. A small team can cover these roles, but agreeing on them beforehand makes a big difference.
Before sending the invitation, rehearse the attendee experience. Open the registration page, test the joining link, check the first screen or document, try a poll, and agree on how questions will be handled. The aim is not a glossy broadcast. It is a welcoming event where someone can find the information they came for.
Afterwards, send the recording and a short recap while the topic is still fresh. Link to the relevant office, form, deadline, or next event. Repeated questions can improve the next session and reveal where the college can make its everyday information clearer.
CAPACITY THAT FITS THE EVENT
Use the room you need for regular support, then add reach for a larger audience.
College events do not all need the same format. A focused advising session may only need a smaller room. An orientation, transfer fair, or community event may need more reach. AONMeetings keeps webinar capability in every plan, alongside the meeting tools staff use between live events.
Standard supports up to 25 participants, Pro supports up to 100, and Business Pro supports up to 250. When a college needs more reach, monthly and one-time webinar capacity options support up to 5,000 attendees.
That gives teams a practical way to choose. Start with capacity that fits the sessions you run often, then add room when a major student, family, community, or workforce event needs it.
Compare plans and capacityAdvising conversations, office hours, and focused workshops.
Student support sessions and regular information events.
Broader campus events, custom branding, and added controls.
Monthly or one-time space for major college events.
ONE PLACE TO INFORM, SUPPORT, AND FOLLOW UP
Choose webinar software that helps your college make the next step feel more possible.
People come to college events looking for clarity. They need an easy way to join, a practical explanation from someone who understands the process, and a clear action after the conversation ends. AONMeetings brings those pieces together in a browser-based platform that can support live webinars and the smaller meetings around them.
That makes it easier to move from a large information event to an advising conversation, a faculty planning call, an office hour, or a follow-up workshop without sending people to another product. The team can keep one familiar process while adapting the format to the people in the room.
For a closer look at registration, interaction, and hosting controls, explore the AONMeetings webinar platform. When you are ready to choose a plan, start with the capacity that fits the events you run now.
Frequently asked questions
Can students join a community college webinar without downloading an app?
Yes. Attendees can use an event link to join from a modern browser, without installing a separate meeting application.
Can a college use AONMeetings for student events and staff meetings?
Yes. The same browser-based platform can support advising appointments, faculty meetings, live student events, workshops, office hours, and larger webinars.
Can we record a webinar for students who cannot attend live?
Yes. AONMeetings supports audio and video recording, so colleges can share an event again with people who missed it or need to revisit the material.
How many people can attend an AONMeetings webinar?
Every plan includes webinar capability up to its participant limit. Monthly and one-time webinar capacity options can support events with up to 5,000 attendees.