Operations Performed During On Going Conferences; Conference Level Operations; Changing The Duration Of A Conference - Polycom RealPresence 800s Getting Started Manual

RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s/Virtual Edition Getting Started Guide

Operations Performed During On Going Conferences

During ongoing conferences, operators and administrators can perform various operations, at the
conference level affecting the entire conference or at a participant level affecting individual participants.

Conference Level operations

The following operations can be performed during an ongoing conference, affecting all the participants in
the conference:

Changing the Duration of a Conference

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Adding Participants from the Address Book
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Moving Participants Between Conferences (AVC-based Connection)
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Saving an Ongoing Conference as a Template
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Copy and Paste Conferences
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Changing the Video Layout of a Conference (AVC-Based CP and Mixed CP and SVC Conferences)
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Video Forcing (AVC-Based CP and Mixed CP and SVC Conferences)
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Muting all Participants Except the Lecturer (AVC-Based CP Conferences)
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Sending Text Messages to All Participants Using Message Overlay (AVC-based Conferences)
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Auto Scan (AVC-based CP Only Conferences)
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Customized Polling
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Changing the Duration of a Conference
The duration of each conference is set when the new conference is created. The default duration of a
conference is 1 hour. All conferences running on the MCU are automatically extended as long as there are
participants connected to the conference.
A conference's Duration can be extended or shortened while it is running, by modifying its scheduled End
Time.
To extend or shorten a conference manually:
1 In the Conference List pane, double-click the conference Name.
2 In the General tab, modify the End Time fields and click OK.
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