About
This article explains how to add room moderators and chat moderators for a Kaltura Room session.
This feature requires the ChatandCollaboration module to be enabled.
Who can use this
- Media owners
- Co-editors
Moderator roles and permissions
Moderator roles define what users can do in the room.
- Room owners and co-editors are the main hosts in the room and have the highest level of control.
- Room moderators can open, start, and manage the room, but they can’t edit the media settings.
- Chat moderators can manage chat during sessions (for example, moderate messages).
- Room moderators are separate from media roles (owner, co-editor, co-publisher). Assigning a moderator role doesn’t grant edit permissions.
- Room moderators can’t access the media edit page.
- If a user needs both room and chat permissions, select both roles when adding them.
- You can assign groups as moderators. All group members receive the selected permissions when they join the room.
Permissions are applied when users join the room. If permissions or roles are updated during a live session, the changes don’t fully apply until the user leaves the room and rejoins.
Access the chat settings
- From the user menu, select My Media.
- Click the three dots to the right of the desired media and select Edit.
- In the left navigation, click the Roles & permissions tab to display the Roles & permissions page.
The 'My Media' page displays.
Alternatively, you can access the edit page from the media page by clicking the three-dot menu and selecting Edit.
The edit page opens on the Details tab by default, with a left-hand navigation.
Add moderators
- Click Add users at the top right and select Moderators.
- In the Select users field, start typing the user or group name and select it from the auto-suggest list.
- Under Select permissions, choose the relevant permissions:
The 'Add moderators' window opens.
- Check Room moderator to grant full room moderation permissions.
- Check Chat moderator to allow the user to manage chat during sessions.
You can select one or both permissions, depending on the role you want to assign.
4. Click Add.
A success message displays, and the user is added to the list.
- When you add a group, all current and future members of that group receive moderator permissions.
- After you select a group, its name appears in the list of users. Individual users in that group aren’t listed.
