The Talkspirit videoconferencing service is evolving to offer you more comfort during your live exchanges. You can now:

set your microphone and camera preferences and select a background before joining the videoconference.
create side rooms to work in small groups on the topics of your choice,

Set up your entry to the videoconference before joining the meeting.

You can set your preferences before joining the meeting:

setting your Microphone preferences,
setting your Camera preferences
selecting a background

1. Setting your microphone preferences

You can join the videoconference exchanges with the microphone muted.

To do so, click on the Micro icon to turn it off.

You can then reactivate the microphone from the meeting by clicking on the microphone icon.

2. Setting your camera preferences

You can join the videoconference with the camera turned off.

To do so, click on the Camera icon to turn it off.

You can then reactivate the camera from the meeting by clicking on the Camera icon

3. Selecting a background

You can join the videoconference with a customized background.

To do so, click on the Select a background icon.

You can choose between:

Predefined backgrounds,
The background of your choice.

You can change your background from the meeting by clicking on the 3 dots icon and then Select a background.

4. Set up your Devices, your Profile and the advanced settings

Via the settings button, you can:

choose your output devices (Microphone, Camera and audio output)

define a nickname or a Gravatar email

go into the advanced settings with the More tab

NB: it is not possible to customize the entry on the mobile videoconference.

When joining the videoconference, you will enter directly into the meeting.

Creating, Managing and Closing a Side Room

It is possible for participants in a videoconference to join side rooms.

Side rooms allow you to create separate groups within a videoconference.

Participants with a Talkspirit account can:

create side rooms,
move participants to side rooms,
Delete side rooms,
Join side rooms.

Guests who do not have an account on the platform can only join or leave side rooms.

To create a side room, click on the Participant button

A window on the right of the videoconference opens to display the list of participants and the annex rooms. Click on Add side room to create a new room.

Sending a participant to an annex room

To move a participant to an annex room, click on the three dots next to the participant's name, then in the Send Attendee to: section click on the annex room of your choice.