Muting All Participants Except The Lecturer (Avc-Based Cp Conferences) - Polycom RealPresence 800s Getting Started Manual

RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s/Virtual Edition Getting Started Guide
● YES - Cells for dropped endpoints will not be reassigned, but will be reserved until the endpoint
reconnects.
Forced Layout Guidelines
● When a new forced layout is sent to the MCU, the MCU no longer preserves the cells for
disconnected participants. The layout is redrawn using the currently connected participants only.
● If the dropped endpoint was forced to use a particular cell, and that cell is switched from forced layout
to automatically assigned, the MCU no longer preserves the cell. Any other endpoint can be assigned
that particular cell.
● This feature works the same way in Telepresence conferences, even where the layouts are controlled
by MLA.
For more information see the Polycom® RealPresence Collaboration Server 800s/Virtual Edition
Administrator's Guide, Manually Adding and Deleting System

Muting all Participants Except the Lecturer (AVC-Based CP Conferences)

The Mute Participants Except Lecturer option can be enabled or disabled during the ongoing conference (in
addition to its setting in the conference Profile). When enabled, the audio of all participants in the conference
except for the lecturer can be automatically muted upon connection to the conference. This prevents other
conference participants from accidentally interrupting the lecture, or from a noisy participant affecting the
audio quality of the entire conference. Muted participants cannot unmute themselves unless they are
unmuted from the Collaboration Server Web Client/RMX Manager.
Muting Participants Guidelines
● Both Administrators and Operators (users) are allowed to set the Mute Participants Except Lecturer
option. It can be enabled at any time after the start of the conference to allow the conference
participants to converse before the lecturer joins the conference or before they are muted.
● When the Mute Participants Except Lecturer option is enabled:
 The mute indicator on the participant endpoints are not visible because the mute participants was
initiated by the MCU. Therefore, it is recommended to inform the participants that their audio is
muted by using the Message Overlay function.
 If the endpoint of the designated lecturer is muted when the lecturer connects to the conference,
the lecturer remains muted until the endpoint has been unmuted.
 When you disconnect a lecturer from the conference or the lecturer leaves the conference, all
participants remain muted but are able to view participants in regular video layout until you disable
the Mute Participants Except Lecturer option. When you replace a lecturer, the MCU automatically
mutes the previous lecturer and unmutes the new lecturer.
● When The Mute Participants Except Lecturer option is disabled during the ongoing conference, all
the participants in the conference are unmuted.
● A participant can override the Mute Participants Except Lecturer option by activating the Mute All
Except Me option using the appropriate DTMF code, provided the participant has authorization for
this operation in the IVR Services properties. The lecturer audio is muted and the participant audio is
unmuted. You can reactivate the Mute Participants Except Lecturer option after a participant has
previously activated the Mute All Except Me option. The participant is muted and the lecturer, if
designated, is unmuted.
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