Meetings: User Area

Users Area

The Users Area, in the upper left corner of your Meetings session, has been updated and simplified.

• Whenever a student enters the Meeting, a round icon will appear to the left of their name, which contains either a microphone or headset icon, depending on how the student connected to the session.
• Beside the moderator's name, a square icon will display, usually with a microphone icon as well, as shown below.

• At any time, moderators (usually the instructor), can click on a user's name, and promote users to be moderators or demote them.
  • Also, moderators by default, are the presenter. They can make any user a presenter. The moderator clicks on their own name when they want to take back the presenter role.
  • Presenters can display materials in the presentation area, unlike viewers/students.

Users Area Settings

• Students can click on their name in the Users area, click on Set status and select an emoticon, such as Raise (hand), Confused, Sad, Happy, Applaud.
• At any time, the moderator can click on the Manage Users icon (wheel), which allows the moderator to:
  • Clear the status icons that participants have chosen
  • Mute all users, including yourself! It's recommended that you select Mute all users except the Presenter!
  • Lock Viewers from using different devices (webcam or microphone), stop users from viewing other participants webcams, and can lock Private Chat, Public Chat and Shared notes.
    • Note: Don't lock viewers from using the Public Chat. If they don't have a microphone, they won't be able to communicate with you!
  • Create breakout rooms to divide students into groups, for a specific amount of time.
  • Select Save User Names to download a text file that is a "snapshot", it contains a list of users who joined the meeting up to that date/time.
    • If students arrive or leave after the "snapshot", the changes won't be recorded unless you download the text file again.