Manage audio within meetings

Hosts can avoid overlapping conversations by doing the following:

Choose Audio > Enable Single Speaker Mode.

An asterisk appears next to the microphone button in the main menu bar. When one speaker clicks the button, it’s disabled for other users until the current speaker clicks the button again.

In MeetingOne audio conferences, you can enable Lecture mode. In the Lecture Mode, only the MeetingOne host, and Connect hosts and presenters can speak. All other attendees in the meeting are unable to transmit audio as they are muted or microphone rights are suspended.

Choose Audio > Enable Lecture Mode.

1. In the main menu bar, click the microphone button .

   As you speak, sound waves appear in the button icon, indicating audio level.

2. (Optional) To the right of the microphone button, click the menu button , and choose Adjust Mic Volume if you are too loud or quiet. Or choose Mute My Mic to temporarily stop broadcasting (for a cough or other interruption).

   When an attendee is broadcasting audio, the microphone icon is displayed next to their name in the Attendees pod.

Each attendee can customize audio volume on their system.

In the main menu bar, select any of the following from the speaker menu :

Mute My Speakers

Entirely disables or enables audio. (Click the speaker icon to quickly toggle this option.)

Mute Conference Audio Only

Retains any audio playing in the Share and Video Telephony pods.

Adjust Speaker Volume

Displays a slider attendees drag to customize volume.

1. Choose Audio > Call a New User.
2. Enter the participant’s name and telephone number.
3. Select Call to dial the participant’s phone number immediately.

   The attendee is called on the phone and the Call in Progress icon is displayed to the right of the attendee’s name.

1. In the Attendees pod, select the name of the participant to add to the audio conference.
2. From the pod menu , choose Call Selected User.

   The Call Telephone User dialog box appears. You can either enter a new phone number or select a number from the list of numbers associated with the participant.

3. Click Call.

1. In the Attendees pod, do one of the following:

   • Drag a number and drop it on the name of the participant.

   • Select a particiapant name and the number and choose Merge from the menu.

   • Select a particiapant name and the number and from the pod menu , select Merge Users.

2. Click the confirmation button. To hide this button in the future, check Don’t Ask Again.
   Note: For audio conference features to function in your meeting or training session, the conference adapter must be enabled.

During longer meeting breaks, hosts may want to stop broacasting audio.

Choose Audio > Stop Audio Broadcast. To resume, choose Audio > Start Audio Broadcast.

Do one of the following.

• Choose Audio > Stop Meeting Audio.

• Choose Audio > Change Meeting Audio Mode.

See Best practices for starting a universal voice conference to avoid ending a conference when hosts leave.