RingCentral Events Terminology

A single-track event format that can last up to 8 hours, ideal for single-day marketing demos, internal events and interactive workshops. Includes limited features and settings, ensuring quick and easy setup.

Learn more about all four event formats in our guide on Choosing the right event format: Webinar, Virtual, Hybrid or Onsite.

A multi-track multi-day event format, suited for online conferences, big internal and external events. Offers multiple virtual spaces and advanced features and settings.

A multi-track multi-day event format, designed for events and conferences occurring onsite and broadcasted online, hybrid events with scheduled onsite and virtual components. Offers multiple virtual spaces and advanced features and settings, including onsite features.

A user who created an Organization or has been added as a team member.

Organizers possess access to all settings within the Event Dashboard and have full permissions within the event venue.

A Registrant with a speaker profile created by the Organizer.

Speakers can preview the event for test runs, respond to Q&A and create Polls event-wide.

A Registrant assigned by the Organizer to moderate a Session or an Expo Session.

Moderators can manage users joining the screen, create and delete Polls, approve and delete Q&A submissions within their Session or Booth only.

An object that allows a person to enter an event. Organizer Passes and unaccepted Magic Link Invites are not considered tickets.

Learn more about tickets in our guide on Creating tickets.

An object that allows the organizers to join an event without needing to buy a ticket. It's automatically created once you preview the event.

A unique and personalized link assigned to an individual user, enabling them to create a user account (if applicable), register for the event, as well as seamlessly access the online event venue with a single click.

Learn more about magic links in our guide on Using Magic Links. 

A person who has a ticket for an event they intend to join.

The list of all registrants can be accessed in the Event Dashboard > Registration > Registrants page or downloaded in the Registrants Report.

Event start time.

It can be specified in the Event Dashboard > Setup > Basics settings.

Joining an event using the web or Attendee app after the event went live.

Registrants accessing post-event Replay area count as attendees too.

A Registrant who attended the event Online and/or In Person.

The list of all attendees is available in the Attendees Report.

Number of attendees that connected with each-other during Networking meetings.

Attendees can locate their connections in the Profile Dashboard, while Organizers have the option to download Connections Report to review all connections made.

Percentage of Registrants that became Attendees.

Displayed after the event on the Overview page.

A Registrant who didn’t become an Attendee.

The list of all no-shows is available in the No-Shows Report.

Number of Attendees simultaneously attending the event Online at a specific point in time.

The highest number of simultaneous “Attendees online” since the event started.

Accessible both during and after the event on the Overview page.

Time an Attendee spent attending the event Online.

To download, refer to: Time Spent Online Report.

Average time Attendees spent attending the event online.

Displayed both during and after the event on the Overview page.

Detailed log of all your attendees’ movement across virtual and onsite event areas.

To download, refer to: Attendee Log Report.

Number of online attendees in each area of your event, sampled at one-minute intervals.

To download, refer to: Online Attendee Count Over Time Report.

Schedule segment associated with the virtual space at that time.

Learn more about setting up schedule in our guide on Creating schedule.

Virtual, Hybrid, or Onsite.

Hybrid and onsite schedule segments can also have onsite capacity and onsite room.