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View modes

View modes allow organizers to set the focus exactly where they want it, both for them and their audience.

There are three View modes:

Gallery
Spotlight
Audience

1. Gallery
2. Spotlight
3. Audience
👉 Set selected view for everyone
Fit video to screen

Let's analyze each view mode from two perspectives:

in Conference mode (no tool, file or link embedded)
with a tool, file, link or resource embedded

1. Gallery

Gallery in Conference mode:

The audience is the main focus of this view, with Hosts, Assistants, Speakers, and/or participants shown on the main screen.

Gallery with a tool, file or link embedded:

The resource takes center stage, while the host, assistants, speakers, and/or participants who are active appear in a pop-up window on top of the tool. This pop-up shows only one person at a time, therefore showing the most active Speakers, Moderators, or attendees.

2. Spotlight

Spotlight in Conference mode:

This view mode puts, by default, the spotlight on one person. You can have more than one person in the spotlight.

You can promote up to four people to the spotlight:

Click on Participants (lower right corner, by the chat).
Find the participant you want to add to the spotlight. Click on More options (⋮).
Click Add to spotlight.

Spotlight with a tool, file or link embedded:

The resource takes center stage, while Speakers, Moderators, or participants in the Spotlight appear in a pop-up window on top of the tool. This pop-up shows only one person at a time, the most active Speaker, Moderator, or attendee.

You can promote more people to the spotlight:

Click on Participants (lower right corner, next to chat).
Find the participant you want to add to the spotlight. Click on More options (⋮).
Click Add to spotlight.

3. Audience

Audience in Conference mode:

As the name suggests, the main focus of this view is the audience. Without any resources embedded, this view shows the audience in a bar at the top of the screen, and it also promotes one person in the center.

Audience with a tool, file or link embedded:

When there are resources embedded, this view will show the audience in a bar at the top of the screen, and the tool, file, or link in the center of the screen.

👉 Set selected view for everyone

As a Moderator (Host or Assistant), you can decide how your audience will view the session. You can enforce which one of the three view modes participants see. They will not have the possibility to switch between views.

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As a Moderator, if the toggle is on, the view you select will be shown to the audience as well.

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If the toggle is off, participants can switch between views and settle on the one they like best. Their choice will not affect anybody else.

Fit video to screen

This setting enlarges video feeds and adjusts them to fit your device’s screen.

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This is available to the entire audience and it applies at an individual level. You as the Host of a session or event will not be able to enable/disable this feature for other participants.

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This setting impacts only video streams in the Spotlight and Audience view modes, while there are no files, resources, or links embedded in the session.