Creating a meeting
You can create a meeting, if you are using Sametime Premium.
About this task
From the Chat menu option, you can see meetings that you are the owner or a member. You can only start meetings that you are the owner. It also provides access to the Sametime Meeting landing page wher eyou can create a meeting.
Procedure
- Click the menu icon ( ) next to your name and select Meetings.
- Click Sametime Meetings to open HCL Sametime Meetings in a new browser tab.
- From the meeting landing page, click Get Started and select Create a new meeting.
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Type a name for the meeting.
Meeting names must be unique at the server level.
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Select a meeting mode.
- Select Collaboration if the meeting is open to anyone that is provided with the meeting link.
- Select Confidential if the meeting is restricted to a designated set of participants. You expect all participants to use credentials to access the meeting. If guest access is allowed, you must have waiting room enabled.
- Select Lecture if the meeting participants are to be in listen-only mode. This choice is suited for presentations type meetings.
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Select meeting settings. Settings vary based on the meeting mode that you
selected.
- Conference dial-in
- When enabled, anyone with the meeting details can join.
- Meeting password
- When enabled, a password is required for the meeting. Define the meeting password in the text box. Passwords must be at least eight characters.
- Waiting room
- Enable to place participants into a waiting room until you let them into the meeting.
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Manage meeting participants access and more in the Member access
section
- Allow guests
- When enabled, guests or people outside of the organization can join the meeting.
- Manage members
- This setting is enabled when the Moderated option is selected. The Manage members feature allows hosts to add moderators to the meeting.
- Moderated
- This setting determines who can start the meeting. If enabled, only moderators can start the meeting and control participant features such as who can present during the meeting.
- Restricted
- This setting enables the meeting hosts to restrict who has access to the meeting.
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Click Start to begin the meeting or click Save and
Copy meeting link to share the meeting link with others.
Clicking Start opens the meeting in a new tab and saves the meeting in your My Meetings list on the Sametime Meetings landing page.