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Live interactive sessions

Manage the session with host controls

Keep your room organized by muting, removing, or moderating participants.

Before you start

  • You have joined the room as host or moderator.
  • Participants are in the room.

Steps

  1. 1
    Open the participant list — look for the people icon in the room controls.
  2. 2
    To silence background noise, hover the person in the participant list and use Mute microphone.
  3. 3
    To take a disruptive participant out of the room, use Remove from room on the same row.
  4. 4
    Use the chat panel to post announcements without interrupting the audio.
  5. 5
    Use hand raise to manage who speaks next in large sessions.
  6. 6
    There is no button that ends the session for everyone. Leave meeting only takes you out; the room closes when the last person leaves.

Expected result

You can keep the session focused and respond to issues without disrupting the flow of the event.

Common problems

A participant is making noise and does not respond.

Mute them directly from the participant list — they will see a notification.

I accidentally removed the wrong person.

Send the room link again so they can rejoin.

Participants keep talking over each other.

Enable hand raise and ask everyone to mute themselves until called on.

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