Session options

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You can change elements of live sessions.

Session options that you control

You can make these changes when you add sessions to your site. The tools you’ll use are the content importer and front-end editor.

These options affect sessions individually. For example, every session can have a different capacity.

[DIAGRAM]

An example session. See the tables below for details.

Element		Options
1	Information	Change the session name Change the session description (includes images, links, text formatting, and HTML)
2	People	Add speakers and moderators Add exhibitors and sponsors
3	Resources	Add downloadable resources
4	Questions	Add questions
5	Audience engagement	Show or hide: Polls Q&A Chat
6	Raise hand	Show or hide Raise Hand
7	Gamification	Remove the favorite button Remove the complete button

Element	Options (click to enlarge examples)
Session capacity	Set the max number of attendees allowed in a session (not including speakers and moderators)
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

Session 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 countdown 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 `You're the first! Be the first to join the session by tapping the video icon below! Other representatives will join soon."`

If people are talking or 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 audio autoplay This requires users to click to start listening to the speaker or video’s audio when they first enter the session

The chat window is open by default. You can change this:

Element	Options (click to enlarge examples)
Chat window	Collapse chat by default, so users must click to open it

[DIAGRAM]

An example session. See the tables below for details.

Session page design

Element		Options
1	Session avatar	Add a custom image that appears when someone who doesn’t have a profile image turns off their camera
2	Stream controls	Remove microphone, camera or screen share buttons for attendees Show text under control buttons
3	Names in chat	Select one: Show first names only Show first and last names
4	User tags	Show tags next to the name
5	Join notification	Remove notification of who joined the room
6	Countdown	Remove countdown
7	Attendee count	Remove attendee count

The options below can be set individually for each site. For example, every session can have a different layout.

Element		Options
8	Video layout	Change the default video layout for a live session and its archived recording Default for main stage and panel: Horizontal speaker layout Default for breakout: Grid layout
9	Session tag display name	Change text `main stage/panel/breakout` (this does not change the tag’s function)

Moderator controls

These controls only show up for speakers, moderators, and admin users.

[DIAGRAM]

An example session. See the tables below for details.

Element		Options
1		Show moderator stream controls - stop all, mute all, send to breakouts
2		`HIDE_MODERATOR_BUTTON_AFTER_BREAKOUT` is default off, option to turn on

Backstage 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
Archived session recording	Don’t include greenroom time in recording
Clipped preroll video	Change how many seconds early the preroll video stops playing backstage `30 seconds` This time allows speakers to prepare their cameras and microphones while attendees continue to watch the preroll