Admissions and virtual open houses
Welcome prospective students and families, introduce academic programs, explain the admissions journey, and offer an easy place to ask the questions that affect a major decision.
AONMEETINGS FOR UNIVERSITIES
Webinar Software for Universities
Give prospective students, families, faculty, alumni, and partners one clear browser link, then host useful 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 EVERY INVITATION EASIER TO ACT ON
Bring more people into the university conversation without adding another hurdle before it begins.
University audiences rarely look the same from one event to the next. A prospective student may be comparing programs after work. A parent may be looking for a clear financial-aid answer. A researcher may be joining a public lecture from another country. Alumni, employers, community partners, faculty, and current students all arrive with different schedules, devices, and reasons for being there.
That is why the route into the room matters. When someone has to download unfamiliar software or set up an account moments before an information session starts, a valuable event can lose attention before the welcome. AONMeetings gives every attendee a direct browser-based path to join, so the invitation stays simple and the event can get to its purpose faster.
For the university team, the tools for a well-run event stay in one place. Use registration to prepare for attendance, share a presentation or document when detail matters, invite questions and polls during the session, and keep a recording available when the conversation should remain useful after the live hour.
The same familiar room can also support the meetings around the larger program: speaker preparation, admissions planning, faculty conversations, student office hours, departmental briefings, and follow-up calls. Teams can keep one workable process while changing the format to suit the audience.
A CLEARER EVENT FROM REGISTRATION TO FOLLOW-UP
Give presenters room to share what matters while the host team keeps attendees oriented and involved.
Start with the attendee outcome. A virtual open house might help a family understand the next admissions step. A faculty panel might help applicants picture an academic community. A research event might make one complex idea more accessible. A clear outcome makes the invitation, agenda, and closing action easier to shape.
Keep arrival straightforward. A direct browser link helps attendees enter without installing a tool they may only use once. That reduces friction for public-facing events where the audience includes people with very different levels of comfort with technology.
Present the real material in context. Share a screen, slide deck, webpage, form, or document as the presenter explains it. Admissions teams can walk through a next step, faculty can discuss a visual idea, and student services can make an important process less intimidating than a static handout alone.
Make room for the questions behind the decision. Chat, questions, and polls give people several ways to participate. A moderator can watch for recurring themes, keep answers timely, and make sure a practical question from a quiet attendee is not lost.
Assign simple roles before the room opens. One person can present while another welcomes arrivals, manages timing, and follows participation. A small team can cover these jobs, but deciding who owns each one gives the speaker more room to focus.
Extend the value after the live event. Record the session, then send the promised resources and next action while the topic is fresh. The recording creates a useful path for people who missed the event and helps the team avoid repeating the same presentation unnecessarily.
FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT SHAPE A UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
Use one professional room for the events that inform, connect, and move people forward.
AONMeetings supports universities that need an accessible live format, practical participation, and a dependable way to keep useful material available beyond one time slot.
Academic events and research talks
Bring faculty, guest speakers, students, alumni, and the wider community together for a lecture, panel, symposium session, or public conversation with room for real questions.
Student success and career events
Host webinars on advising, career preparation, wellbeing, financial aid, study support, or alumni insight, then share the recording with people whose schedules kept them away.
KEEP THE LIVE HOUR USEFUL
A strong university webinar starts with a few decisions that respect people’s time and attention.
Begin by deciding what attendees should be able to do after the session. For an admissions event, that may mean recognising the right next step. For a research talk, it may mean understanding the question at the heart of the work. For a career event, it may mean leaving with a useful contact, resource, or action. The intended result helps the team choose the right examples and ending.
Then build the host team around the experience. The presenter owns the subject. The host welcomes people and keeps the schedule moving. A moderator watches for questions, shares relevant links, and helps the session respond to what attendees actually need. Naming those roles in advance makes the room calmer for everyone in it.
Before sending the invitation, rehearse the attendee path. Open the registration page, use the joining link, check the first screen or document, test a poll, and agree on how questions will be handled. The goal is not an overproduced broadcast. It is a clear event where people can find the information or connection they came for.
Afterwards, send the recording with a short recap and a direct next step. Link to the appropriate programme page, office, application resource, department, upcoming event, or contact. The questions people raise can also improve the next session and reveal where everyday university information could be made clearer.
CAPACITY THAT FITS THE EVENT
Use the room you need for regular engagement, then add reach when the audience grows.
University events do not all need the same format. A faculty planning session or student office hour may only need a smaller room. A virtual open house, public lecture, alumni event, or major information session may need more reach. AONMeetings keeps webinar capability in every plan alongside the meeting tools teams use between events.
Standard supports up to 25 participants, Pro supports up to 100, and Business Pro supports up to 250. When a university needs more reach, monthly and one-time webinar capacity options support up to 5,000 attendees.
That gives teams a practical choice. Start with capacity that fits the sessions you run often, then add room when a major admissions, academic, alumni, or community event calls for it.
Compare plans and capacityOffice hours, speaker preparation, and focused student sessions.
Departmental events, advising webinars, and regular information sessions.
Broader university events, custom branding, and added controls.
Monthly or one-time space for major university events.
ONE PLACE TO INFORM, CONNECT, AND FOLLOW UP
Choose webinar software that helps your university make every important invitation easier to accept.
People join university events looking for clarity, opportunity, and a real connection to people who understand the subject. They need an easy way in, a well-led session, and a clear next step when it ends. AONMeetings brings those pieces together in a browser-based platform for live webinars and the smaller meetings around them.
That makes it easier to move from a virtual open house to an admissions conversation, a faculty planning call, a student office hour, or a follow-up workshop without moving people to another product. The team can keep one familiar process while adapting the event 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 prospective students and families join without downloading an app?
Yes. Attendees can join from a modern browser using a direct event link, without installing a separate meeting application or creating another account.
Can AONMeetings support admissions events and academic webinars?
Yes. The same browser-based platform supports admissions sessions, virtual open houses, academic talks, faculty panels, research events, student support webinars, and smaller planning meetings.
Can a university share a webinar with people who cannot attend live?
Yes. AONMeetings supports audio and video recording, so a team can share a useful session again and give attendees a way 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.