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Once a Moderator has started a meeting and you have joined as a participant, you enter the main Discussions Meeting Room. Here you can see the other participants and converse with each other. An example is shown below, together with a description of the toolbar controls.
The main features in the Meeting Room are described below:
1 — Video window: All participants in the meeting have a small live video window within the large main window of the Meeting Room. You can see the moderator and other participants here. If they do not have video facility or have switched off their video functionality, an empty tile with their initials is displayed.
2 — Mute toggle: This microphone icon toggles whether your microphone is muted.
3 — Camera toggle: This camera icon toggles whether your camera is being used and provided a live video feed to the Meeting Room. Backgrounds are automatically blurred for privacy reasons. The first time you activate your camera, you will be asked for permission for the browser to access your camera; answer Yes to this.
4 — Screen share: Allows you to share one of your browser tabs, a window on your computer, or your entire screen. If you have multiple screens, you can also choose which screen to share.
5 — Chat: Opens the public chat pane. Here, all participants and moderators can use this area to engage in a text-based chat with one another. Anything you post here can be seen by all other participants and moderators.
6 — People pane: Opens the All Participants pane which shows a list of all participants and moderator(s) currently in the session.
7 — More: By default, this button opens the Audio and Video Settings window allowing you to select the camera (if you have more than one - for example, a front and a rear-facing camera), the audio output device (headset, speaker, etc) and the microphone device (headset, built-in microphone, etc). You can also test the audio output and input devices. If your screen width doesn't allow all the toolbar icons to fit on the screen, those buttons that don't fit will be added to the More menu.
8 — Leave: Allows you to leave the meeting. If the meeting is still running, you can re-enter by following the email link you originally received.
9 — Recording indicator. Indicates that the meeting is being recorded. This is the default for all meetings.
10 — Participant information: Shows the name of the participant and whether they are muted or not.
Note: When using Chrome or Edge to share a browser tab or your entire screen, and you turn on the option to Share tab audio or Share system audio, your microphone will be muted and other parties will not be able to hear you until you stop sharing. Confirm you wish to do this before starting to share.