Hosting a Desktop Session - prior edition

The article below serves as a brief overview of the prior Live application. 

Note: to determine which version of Live you have, reference the URL in the ScreenMeet session. 

If the URL of the session contains "Live2", that is our latest offering that can be referenced here. If the URL does not contain a "2" after the word Live(ex:live.screenmeet.com), your organization currently has the prior Live application. 

Pre-session lobby

Upon joining the Live meeting link, you will be greeted with the pre-session lobby.

Provided below are the different settings that are used throughout a given Live session that can be setup prior to joining the call.

Microphone settings

• Clicking on the Microphone icon allows you to mute/unmute your microphone prior to joining the session. 
• This also will ensure you have given the web page the proper permissions to access your microphone. 
• Once your microphone has been enabled, you should be able to speak and see the background of the microphone icon visually rise with the level of your voice

Camera settings

• Clicking on the Camera icon allows you to enable your webcam before joining the session.
• You may be asked by your browser to give access to your camera. Click "Allow" or permit the camera based on your browser when/if you are prompted to.
• Upon enabling your camera, you should see a preview of what will be shown in the meeting.

Background settings

• Clicking on the background icon allows you to set a virtual background for your camera.
• By default, background blurring will be an option that can be selected. This will effectively blur the background of the environment to focus on the individual in the session.
• If your organization administrator has uploaded custom backgrounds, they will also appear within this section as an option.

Settings gear/cog

• The settings gear/cog icon allows you to individually set your input/output/peripheral settings properly.
• If you would like to use a different camera, microphone, or output method(speakers, headphones, etc), click on the settings gear and select the desired settings.

Session settings/functionality

Once you have entered the session, similar settings/functionality to those referenced above will be visible. Functionality within the call/meeting is documented below.

• Settings button: Clicking on this button will allow you to change the microphone/speakers used for the session as well as your camera.
• Hyperlink button: Clicking on this button allows you to gather the session link to share. 
• Microphone button: Clicking on this button will mute/unmute your microphone.
• Camera button: Clicking on this button will enable/disable your webcam.
• Screenshare button: Clicking on this button will allow you to share your screen. Once clicked, you can decide to share one of the following options: 
  • Entire screen - able to select which screen if you have multiple monitors
  • Window - allows you to select a particular application that is currently visible within your computer.
  • Chrome Tab - allows you to selectively share a given Chrome Tab
  • Once screensharing has been enabled, re-clicking on the screenshare button will allow you to 
  • When you no longer want to share your screen in the meeting, simply click on the screenshare button again.
• Annotation button: Clicking on this button(when Screensharing is enabled) allows drawing on top of the screenshared image.
  
• Toolbar button(three horizontal dots): Clicking on this button allows you to quickly reference the following session settings/session information
  • Meeting participants, session text chat, session settings(follow active speaker, flip camera image, virtual camera background, stream resolution, language localization)
• Hang up button: Clicking on this button will allow you or participants to leave the meeting. If you are the agent/owner of the session, it will allow you to close the meeting as well. 
• Settings pane: Clicking on this section opens the settings pane. Relevant settings in this pane are listed below
  • Follow Active Speaker: this setting changes the layout behavior to always display the users webcam/name of the person that is currently speaking in the session.
  • Language: this setting changes the localized language of the text inside of the session settings/buttons/etc. 
  • Background: allows the user/agent to change their virtual background for their camera.