Meetings: Student User Features

Meetings: Student (Participant) User Features

Find out what you need to be prepared, join and participate in Meetings, the Sakai web conferencing tool. The Sakai Meetings tool is where you can participate in "live" class meetings online.

What device, browser and equipment is recommended?

• What equipment do you need to participate in an online meeting?

How do I join a meeting?

• Find out how to join a Sakai meeting via a mobile device (YouTube video)

* Which Sakai mobile device video should we use? This link is to a video dated June 2020 with few views, the first video link is also the video embed on the Sakai Help for students page, dated March 2020.

What can I do in a meeting?

• Join audio (with or without a microphone, plus troubleshooting tips)
• Share a webcam
• Make webcams "bigger"
• Send public and private chat messages
• Participate during a session
  • Set your status/emoji
  • Respond to polls
  • Join breakout rooms
  • Use the multi-user whiteboard
  • Use shared notes
  • View closed captions
• Access the Options menu (Settings, Help, Hotkeys, and Logout)

Where can I find the recording after a meeting?

If your instructor records the meeting, here's where you'll find the recording:

• Click Meetings in your class Sakai site, and then click the Recordings tab.
• Note: Recordings do not appear immediately at the end of the meeting. It make be a few hours before it is available.

What if I lose connectivity in a meeting?

You may get disconnected from a session -- for example, if your bandwidth drops too low.

Refresh your browser if you get disconnected (or if things don't seem to be working). Refreshing the browser will give you a new connection and, if the bandwidth drop was temporary, you should be able to reconnect within a few seconds to rejoin the meeting.

If refreshing doesn't work...

• check your internet connection
• try logging in with a different browser or on a different device