Session options
- Alex Logsdon (Deactivated)
- Alyssa Prochaska (Deactivated)
You can configure elements of sessions. This includes basic options for session content and functionality, as well as advanced changes that the JUNO team can make on the back end.
Basic options for every session
You’ll make decisions about content and functionality when you add sessions to your site. You can make these changes yourself using two tools: The content importer and the front-end editor.
These options affect sessions individually. For example, every session can have a different capacity.
An example session. See the tables below for details.
Element | Options | |
|---|---|---|
1 | Audience engagement | Show or hide: |
2 | Q&A and Chat | Show or hide: |
3 | Raise hand | Show or hide Raise Hand (in main stage and panel sessions only) |
4 | Information | Change the session name (255 characters max) |
5 | People | Add speakers and moderators |
6 | Resources | Add downloadable resources |
Element | Options (click to enlarge examples) |
Session attendance criteria | Restrict who and how many people can attend sessions with prerequisites, exclusive time slots, maximum attendee limits, and access level tags. Learn more about attendance criteria. |
Start and end date | Change the start and end date and time |
Session type | Change the session type (main stage, panel, or breakout) |
Video and stream types | Change the live, preroll, and prerecorded stream options |
Gamification | Allow people to favorite a session for points |
More options controlled from the back end
The JUNO team can help you change more elements of live sessions.
Unless specified, these options affect all sessions on your site. For example, if you choose to remove the timer, it's removed from every session.
When you first enter a session
If no one has turned on their camera or microphone yet, this message appears:
Element | Options (click to enlarge examples) | |
You’re the first message | Change text |  |
If a video is playing when you enter a session, some browsers automatically start playing the sound. Others mute it until you click the video. You can control this setting:
Element | Options (click to enlarge examples) | |
|---|---|---|
Autoplay audio | Prevent a video’s audio from playing automatically, requiring users to click to start listening | |
Users can open and close the chat window. You can decide how it appears when they first enter the session:
Element | Options (click to enlarge examples) | |
|---|---|---|
Chat window | Decide whether the chat panel is open or closed when a user enters the page. The configuration can be different for desktop and mobile devices. Learn more about this configuration. | |
Session page design
An example session. See the tables below for details.
Element | Options | |
|---|---|---|
1 | Streaming user | Add a custom image that appears when someone who doesn’t have a profile image turns off their camera |
2 | Stream controls | Show description text under control icons |
3 | Timer | Remove timer |
4 | Attendee count | Hide attendee count wherever it appears on the site, including the schedule |
The two options below can be set individually for each session. For example, every session can have a different layout.
Element | Options | |
|---|---|---|
5 | Video layout | Change the default video layout for a live session and its archived recording |
6 | Session tag display name | Change text |
Chat panel design
An example chat panel. See the tables below for details.
Element | Options | |
|---|---|---|
1 | Chat channels | Remove chat channels |
2 | Join notification | Remove notification of who joined the room |
3 | Names in chat | Show users' last names |
By default, the highest-voted questions in the Q&A move to the top of the page. You can change this:
Element | Options | |
|---|---|---|
4 | Q&A: Question order | Sort questions in the order that they were submitted, no matter how many votes they have. |
Backstage controls
Site admins can see these elements in every session. Moderators and speakers can see them in sessions that they are attached to.
An example session. See the tables below for details.
Element | Options | |
|---|---|---|
1 | Total stream controls | Remove controls that let moderators turn off all users' microphones (Mute all) or removes all users from the session (Stop all). |
Normally, moderators can request to bring speakers or other moderators on stage (for example, if a speaker has trouble finding the camera and microphone controls.) But they cannot request to bring attendees on stage. You can change this:
Element | Options |
|---|---|
Bring attendees on stage | Allow moderators, speakers, and admins to request to bring attendees on stage and turn on their camera and microphone. |
Greenroom and preroll settings
These options affect the greenroom time and preroll video before speakers go on-screen.
Element | Options |
|---|---|
Greenroom start time | Set how many minutes early speakers and moderators can enter the session |
Clipped preroll video | Change how many seconds early the preroll video stops playing backstage |