Session options

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: Polls Q&A Chat Emojis
2	Q&A and Chat	Show or hide: Q&A voting Q&A moderation feature Option for attendees to ask questions and post chat messages anonymously
3	Raise hand	Show or hide Raise Hand (in main stage and panel sessions only)
4	Information	Change the session name (255 characters max) Change the session description (includes images, links, text formatting, and HTML)
5	People	Add speakers and moderators Add exhibitors and sponsors
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 Allow people to complete 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 `You're the first! Be the first to join the session by tapping the video icon below! Other people will join soon."` (200 characters max)

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 This option is set for each video individually

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 Show user’s last name when they’re streaming
2	Stream controls	Show description text under control icons Remove microphone, camera and/or screen share buttons for attendees
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 Default for main stage and panel: Horizontal speaker layout Default for breakout: Grid layout
6	Session tag display name	Change text `main stage/panel/breakout` (this does not change the tag’s function) (30 characters max)

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 Show tags next to users' 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 `default 30 minutes`
Clipped preroll video	Change how many seconds early the preroll video stops playing backstage `default 30 seconds` This time allows speakers to prepare their cameras and microphones while attendees continue to watch the preroll