Not Just a Webinar Platform
Flow started as a webinar platform. When we identified the potential requirements of our clients, we introduced the whole new conference mode a.k.a. the Meeting Mode. This eliminates the need for the user to find a different platform to organize conferences and quick/AdHoc meetings. You get the meeting mode options with all the webinar mode options!
How To Create Meeting Mode
- Log in to your Flow Admin page then click the plus (+) button to start creating an event. The following is the General page
- Make sure that you fill up the necessary fields and on the Event Type click the drop-down button and select Meeting as the event type
- Next, on the Presenters page, add more hosts and presenters. In the meeting mode, there are hosts and attendees. Here, the terms attendee and presenter are interchangeable. We will look into what a host can and attendee can do in the meeting mode later in this article
- On the Settings page, there are only 2 options available, unlike in the webinar mode. Those are,
- Record Webinar
- Crop Webcam Portrait
- On the Customize page, you can add the same items when you add to create the webinar mode.
- Publish the event to see changes in effect
Meeting Mode in Action
In the meeting mode, you will see several new items in the left panel, on the upper-left area, and in the chatbox.
A host without using any media device - if no one is sharing audio/video the Flow animation in the middle appears
Gallery View
Presenter View
Presenter View with Screen Share
You don't need to start the meeting mode, unlike the Webinar mode. You only need to click the Recording or Capture Analytics button to start recording with analytics or analytics only.
Features List
Record: Records the meeting
Capture Analytics: Starts capturing the data for report generation
Gallery view: Shows up to 20 webcam footages in a grid-like arrangement
Presenter View: Focused presenter in the middle and the rest of the webcams in the upper row. The upper row is scrollable horizontally
Switching between views: You can change between these 2 views on the fly
The default view is the gallery view. When you hover the mouse over the button, you see "Switch to Presenter View"
As soon as you click the above, you get to the presenter view
To get back to the gallery view, click the button again. You will see "Switch to Gallery View"
Smart Pinning (New): Pin on the fly using the pin icon on the webcam footage/portrait
Chat Options
Download Chat: Save chat transcript as a text file locally
Raise Hand: The ability to raise the hand is here! It appears in the participant panel to the host/presenter and is also displayed next to your name in the presenter/gallery view. Here is an example
This is how it appears in the participant panel (host)
Share File: Share any file with the audience - previews of the images files are available
Participant Panel Options (Host)
Remove Attendee: Leftmost button must be used with caution. The user cannot join the ongoing webinar if you ban an attendee
Send Private Message: Sends a private message to another user
Prevent Chat: When enabled on any attendee, the person won't be able to chat until the ban is lifted
Pin User: This is an important option. Pinning a user is useful in several situations
In the presenter view, when you want to set or change the main presenter in the middle
Screen share automatic switching. For more details, read the Screen Sharing section
Participant Panel Options (Attendee)
Send Private Message
Audio/Video
Microphone/Webcam: In this mode, you can turn on/off and mute/unmute the microphone and webcam individually
Presenter/Gallery Views
In Storyboard ModeScreen Share - Now with Full-Screen Mode! (New)
Meeting mode is designed to automatically switch to screen sharing if enabled. The shared screen appears in the presenter view, without the need to use a storyboard item! Here is how this works.A presenter or a host turns on the screen sharing
If this user is already the Pinned user, as soon as the screen sharing starts, meeting mode switches to the Presenter View and the shared screen appears in the middle. We are excited to introduce the screen sharing full-screen mode (learn more)!
If the user is not pinned, as soon as a host pins the user, the view changes to the Presenter View, and screen sharing appears for everyone. In this way, you can manage multiple users who are willing to share the screen one by one. It is also possible to utilize the "Raise hand" feature to manage the queue
Recording and Analytics
The Meeting mode comes with two types of recording. One is the entire meeting mode recording and another is recording only the statistics for report generation.
- Recording: The regular recording, the same as with the webinar mode. If you click this, both the recording and analytics capturing begin
- Capture Analytics: You can click this button to record the following
Participant details
Survey report
Chat transcript
Ending the Meeting Mode
To end a meeting mode, click the CLOSE ROOM button. The recording and analytics appear in the same way as the webinar mode and can be accessed using the event card. Login links can be used to access the recordings.
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