Controlling and Disabling In-Meeting Chat

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Hosts can control who meeting participants can chat with on the fly while the meeting is in progress. 


CHANGING IN-MEETING CHAT SETTINGS

·        Hosts clicks Chat in the meeting controls while in a meeting.

·        Click More in lower right of Chat box to display in-meeting chat settings

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Allow attendees to chat with: Control who participants can chat with.

·        No one: Disables in-meeting chat

·        Host only: Only the host can send messages to everyone. Participants can still send private messages to the host.

·        Everyone publicly: Participants can only send public messages. Public messages are visible to all participants. Participants can still send private messages to the host.

·        Everyone publicly and privately: Participants can send public of private messages. Public messages are visible to all participants. Private messages are sent to a specific participant.

To change who attendees can chat with simply click on the option you want to enable.


iOS

Host clicks More > Meeting Settings. Click Allow Participants to Chat with. The same four options listed above will display.  Click the option you wish to enable.

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Android

Host navigates to Meeting Settings during a meeting. Click Allow Participants to Chat with. Choose which option you want to enable.

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Disabling In-Meeting Chat

Hosts can turn chat off for all meetings from Profile Meeting Settings. This will prevent the host, co-hosts, and participants from chatting in any meeting. The Chat option will no longer appear in Meeting Controls. You can also just disable Private Chat for all meetings which will prevent participants from sending messages to individuals instead of the private group.

·        Click the avatar in the top right corner of the desktop client

·        Click My Profile menu option

·        Click Settings in the left menu bar

·        Click Meeting > In Meeting (Basic)

Disable Chat or Private Chat by clicking on the toggle.  

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·        If the settings are enabled, click the toggle to disable one or both. You will be prompted to confirm you want to turn off feature. If Chat is disabled, then Private Chat will also turn off.  

·        Note: if the option is grayed out then it has been locked at either the group or account level.

A host can also access the Recording Consent feature by logging into the web at: https://meeting.windstream.com  Then click Settings > Recording tab


An Account Administrator can navigate to Account Management > Account Setting > Meeting tab > In Meeting (Basic) to disable Chat and/or Private Chat for all users on the account. To make this setting mandatory for all users on the account, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

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A Group Administrator can disable Chat and/or Private Chat for the group they administrate. Group Administrators follow the User Management > Group Management > Settings > Meeting tab > In Meeting (Basic) to disable Chat and/or Private Chat. To make this setting mandatory for all users in the group, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.


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