Register for a webinar

A webinar's registration page is at the address its host shared. Registering needs no Magpie account.

Register

1. Open the registration page. The time is shown in the webinar's time zone, with a line in your own time when that differs.
2. Under Registration, enter your Name and Email, and answer the host's questions. A question the host made required has to be answered; if one is left empty, the page will say which.
3. When the page has a box with Email me and the name of the host's Newsletter, tick it only if you want that Newsletter.
4. Select Register.

The next page will say what happened, and Magpie will email you at the address you entered. Emails about the webinar come from the name of the team or person running it, or another name the host chose, followed by "via Magpie". Replying to one will reach one of the webinar's hosts.

Your join link

When you are registered, the page says You are registered and names the address your join link was sent to. The email, You are registered for and the webinar's title, has the time, the Join the webinar button with your join link, and a calendar invitation.

The join link is yours: anyone who has it can join as you. Do not forward the email. Someone else who wants to attend registers with their own email address. If someone else has your link, ask the host to remove you and add you again: you will be emailed a new link, and the old one will stop working.

Before the webinar, the link opens a page with its title and time, which says to keep the link: it is how you join the webinar when it starts.

Add the webinar to your calendar

Open the calendar invitation in the confirmation email. You can also select Add to calendar on the page your join link opens, which will download the same event as a file, with the join link in it. Add to calendar on the page you see after registering will download the event too; its file says where the join link was emailed instead of holding it.

Reminders

Magpie will email you reminders before the start, each with your join link. The host chooses which: the day before, an hour before, and one more at another time. A reminder whose time has passed when you register will not be sent. Reminders go to registered attendees only, not to people waiting for approval or on the waiting list.

Waiting for approval

When the host approves each registration, the page after registering says Your registration was sent, and you will be emailed that it is waiting for approval. If the host approves it, you will be emailed your join link with a calendar invitation. If the host declines it, you will be emailed that your registration was not accepted.

The waiting list

When the webinar is full, its registration page offers Join the waiting list in place of Register. You will be emailed that you are on the waiting list. If a place opens, you will be registered and emailed your join link with a calendar invitation. Places go to people in the order they joined the waiting list.

Registering again

While you are registered, waiting for approval or on the waiting list, registering again with the same email address will send your confirmation email again, and the page will say Already registered. If you are registered, the email will have the same join link. If one was sent to you in the last 10 minutes, nothing more will be sent: look in that inbox for it. If the host declined your registration, the page will also say Already registered, and nothing will be sent.

A new time or a cancellation

If the host moves the webinar while you are registered or waiting for approval, you will be emailed the new time. Registered attendees will also get an updated calendar invitation, and the join link will stay the same. If the host cancels the webinar, you will be emailed their message, and registered attendees will also get a cancellation for their calendar. The registration page will then say the webinar was cancelled.

A link that no longer works

This link no longer works means the link opens nothing: the host removed you from the webinar, the webinar was deleted, or the address is incomplete. If you registered again after being removed, only the newest link works. Ask the host for a new one: they can add you again, and you will be emailed a new link. While registration is open, you can also register again on the registration page. If the host approves each registration or the webinar is full, you will wait for approval or join the waiting list before you get a link.

This link cannot be opened now means too many links that do not work were opened from your connection. Try again after the time the page gives.

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