When configuring the permissions for your online interactions, please note that there are two types of sessions: Locked or Unlocked.
- When a session is locked, participants require the Host’s approval to join the meeting.
- When a session is unlocked, anyone with the meeting's link can join.
🔓 How to lock/unlock a session:
👉 If you want to lock/unlock anInstant session, follow these steps:
- Click on the Settings button on the upper right corner (between View modes and Feedback).
- Go to Access.
- Toggle on/off the Lock session setting.
- While the toggle is on, the Host and/or Assistants will approve each attendee before they can join the meeting. When the toggle is off, anybody who has the link can join the session.
👉 If you want to lock/unlock a Planned session, follow these steps:
- Click on Planned session.
- Go to Access settings.
- Toggle on/off the Lock session setting.
👉 If you’ve already scheduled the Planned session and you want to change this setting, follow these steps:
- Find the session you want to edit (either in Calendar or Home).
- Click on it.
- Click on the Settings button on the upper right corner (next to Feedback).
- Go to Access.
- Toggle on/off the Lock session setting.
👩💻 Registered users:
As the Host or a participants with a Sessions account, you can find your scheduled meetings in Home - your starting point or Calendar.
When someone else invites you with your email address to a new session, it automatically appears in your Sessions’ Calendar.
When the time comes for the session you’ve organized to start, just click Join session to enter Lobby.
🆕 Guest users (without a Sessions account):
When you invite participants to join your session, they receive the invitation via email.
If they don’t have an account yet, when they join the session, they’ll be asked to fill in their name.
At the end of the session, they are redirected to the feedback page, where they can create an account if they want.