Live events in Zoho Cliq

Live events in Zoho Cliq help you host and broadcast events to a large audience virtually.

There are four ways by which you can schedule a live event:

Quick actions( + icon next to search bar)

Schedule Meeting under remote work.

Live events under history.

Live event icon in a group/channel.

Note:

You will be only able to view the live event option if your org admin has enabled it in the configurations module.

This feature is available for the paid plan of Cliq.

How to schedule a live event?

Once you select Schedule Live Event, you will need to enter the details related to the event.

Live event information

On page 1, fill in the title, date and time, and agenda, and add event brochures. You can add co-producers here.

Note:

You can add up to five event brochures. Supported format types are png, jpg, and jpeg.

The event brochures will be sent to the participants of the live event after the event is scheduled, along with the event invite.
Recording is currently not supported.

Audience

Upon clicking next, you will need to select what type of audience you want to schedule the live event for from the following options:

Organization wide: All your organization users will be added as audience to the live event.
Note: This option will only be available if you are an org admin.

Team: You can select the teams you want to schedule the live event for by selecting from the drop-down.
Note: You can select up to four teams.

Public: Upon selecting this, a link will be generated which anyone can use to join the event.

Conversations: You can select a group or a channel to schedule the live event for by selecting from the drop-down.
Note: You can only select only conversation. The channel admin should have enabled live events for the particular channel.

If you want to add specific users from your organization or external users by email address, you can select Add Individuals and include them.

Reminders and Preview

You will be able to set reminders and view the preview of the event message card, landing page and mail of the live event. Select the timing for the reminder and select Schedule.

Event Details

When you schedule a live event, you’ll find the details on how to produce the event in your broadcasting software.

You can send these instructions via email to your streaming technician. Six hours before the event starts, you’ll receive a Server URL and key that the technician needs to add to the broadcasting software.

Based on the audience type, the message card will be posted.

Organization-wide - A message card will be posted on the organization default channel. If there is no default channel, then the notification will be posted in Taz.

Team level - A message card will be posted if the added teams have a default channel. If there is no such default channel, then the notification will be posted in Taz.

Public - You can join the event with the link. No Taz or message card will be posted on the channel.

Conversation - A message card will be posted on the channel you have selected.

Note:

If you have added individual users to the event, they will receive notification from Taz. A group chat will be created with the invited users, co-producers and producer.

How to connect external device to your live event

In your broadcasting software (here, we're using OBS Studio), follow these steps:

Upload the media you want to stream.
Go to Settings → Stream → Service. Set the service to Custom.
Copy and paste the Server URL and Stream Key.
Click Start Streaming.

How to start a live event

Click the Access Control Center button in your Live Event details.
This is where you'll be able to control your live event.
You’ll see the media being streamed from your broadcasting software.
Click Go Live. Once you confirm, your event will begin broadcasting to your audience.
As a producer, you’ll be able to manage and monitor your live event through the Control Center page.