Throughout an event, Organizers and Moderators possess the ability to oversee and regulate content in adherence to the event guidelines. The following actions empower Moderators and Organizers to effectively moderate an event:
- Muting an attendee in chat, polls, and Q&A (exclusive to Organizers).
- Blocking an attendee from the event (exclusive to Organizers).
- Deleting and pinning chat messages (exclusive to Organizers).
- Creating and managing Polls (accessible to Organizers and Moderators).
- Moderating Q&A (accessible to Organizers and Moderators).
- Permitting attendees to share audio and video (accessible to Organizers and Moderators).
- Creating Breakout rooms (accessible to Organizers and Moderators).
- Displaying in-session banner with a custom button (accessible to Organizers and Moderators).
- Disabling confetti (accessible to Organizers and Moderators).
This guide covers the actions you can do as an Organizer.
Muting an Attendee in chat, polls and Q&A (Organizers only)
Organizers can mute any Attendee and prevent them from posting chat messages, answering polls and asking Q&A questions.
To do this, click on the People tab of the event and find the user's name. Click on the name, and then the three dots ••• by the name. Select Mute this person.
Muted Attendees will see a message that says "You have been muted by the organizer" if they try to post in chat or answer a poll/Q&A, this also includes direct messages to other Attendees. They will still be able to ask to share their audio and video in a moderated Session.
Blocking an Attendee from the event (Organizers only)
To do this, click on the People tab of the event and find the user's name. Click on the name, and then the three-dot by the name. Select Block this person (the steps are similar to muting an Attendee).
This will remove the Attendee from the event and prevent them from registering again with the same email address.
The blocked Attendee will receive a pop-up that says “You are blocked from the event," as well as an email stating that their ticket has been removed. The Attendee will be redirected to their RingCentral Events account with no possibility to re-enter the event.
To unblock an Attendee, go to the Event Dashboard > People > Attendees > find the Attendee in question (they will have a BLOCKED status) and click on three dots ••• by their name. Then click Unblock.
Deleting and pinning chat messages (Organizers only)
As an Organizer, you can delete or pin any message in the event chat area. To do this, hover over the message and click on the red trash icon. Then click Delete or Pin.
The deleted message will be immediately removed for everyone in the event.
The pinned message will get highlighted and attached to the top of the Chat area.
Deleting and pinning chat messages is only available to Event Organizers. Session and Booth Moderators cannot delete messages for their Booth or Session chat.
Creating and managing Polls
Event Organizers can create and manage Polls across the event. When creating a poll, you can choose when they like the Poll to get published or if they need to keep it as a draft:
- As draft - this can only be viewed by Organizers and Moderators and can be edited and published at a later time
- Now (default) - the poll will be published immediately
- Schedule - you can set the date and time you would like the poll to be published
Once the Poll is created and listed on the Polls tab, Organizers can choose to edit them as long as they have not been voted on. Publishing/unpublishing and deleting a poll is possible at any time throughout the event.
Moderating Q&A
Organizers can enable Q&A moderation from the Event Dashboard > Venue > Venue Controls page.
When enabled, all questions need to be approved to appear in the Q&A tab. Event Organizers can approve and delete across the event.
To approve a question, hover over it and click on the Approve option.
Note: When Q&A moderation is enabled, questions posted by Organizers will also initially show as in review and will need to be approved, which the Organizer posting the question can do themself, before it's published to the event.
Allowing attendees to share audio and video
When an attendee requests to go on-screen in a moderated Session, the moderation toolbar button will display a red tag with the number of requests. You will need to open the moderation panel in order to see them.
Hover over the profile picture of an attendee you would like to add on-screen and click the "+" sign to add that attendee on-screen.
The Organizer can take speakers off the session screen or remove the speaker's screen share by clicking the three dots by the speaker or screen share video and click Remove.
Sharing a screen
Upon sharing their audio and video, Speakers can share their screen, as well as content from other platforms like Youtube, Miro or Figma if these options are enabled in the Session settings.
You have the capability to share content without activating their own audio and video on stage. The Share screen option will be conveniently accessible at the bottom center of the screen.
Note: In the scenario where an Organizer is both sharing content and their audio/video, they can click Stop Sharing Audio and Video to remove themselves from the screen while keeping their content visible. To fully stop sharing, they will need to click Stop sharing as well.
Creating Breakout rooms
As an Organizer, you can also create Breakout Rooms in a Session room. This is a convenient way to divide attendees into smaller groups to organize interactive activities.
When you are within a Session, click on the moderation toolbar button in the bottom left, select Breakouts Rooms and + New breakout to create breakout rooms.
Here is a dedicated guide where you can learn more about this functionality: How to manage Breakout Rooms in Sessions as a Moderator
Displaying in-session banner with a custom button
Another option Organizers can do within a Session is to create a call-to-action pop-up. This is normally used to encourage attendees to participate in a survey or visit a webpage. To create a call to action banner inside a Session, click on the moderation toolbar button in the bottom left of the screen and select New Session Banner.
Here is a dedicated guide where you can learn more about this functionality: How to make a call to action banner in a Session or Expo Booth Session
Disabling confetti
Finally, Organizers can disable the Confetti option within the Session. Confetti is enabled by default, serving as an engagement feature that enables attendees to express appreciation by sending confetti. Attendees on screen can trigger this effect by clicking on the video tile or screen share during the session, providing a fun way to acknowledge a speaker or highlight presented data on the slides.
Note: Ensure that your confetti settings are configured according to your preferences before initiating a breakout, as these settings cannot be modified afterward. If the confetti setting is enabled before commencing breakout rooms, the confetti option will remain active within the breakout rooms. Conversely, if the setting is disabled before starting breakout rooms, the confetti option will be deactivated within the breakout rooms.