About
You can set up and manage a persistent meeting space for your channel from the Meeting Room page.
From this tab, you can enable the meeting room, choose how participants interact, assign moderators, and control chat and Q&A settings.
The Meeting Room tab appears only if it’s enabled by your admin and is available for supported channels.
The instructions below are for Theming users.
Who can use this
- Channel owners
- Channel managers
Access the Meeting Room page
- From the user menu, select My Channels.
- Find the channel you want to edit and either click Go to channel button or the media thumbnail.
- At the far right, click the Actions menu and select Configure.
- In the left navigation panel, click Meeting Room.
- Click the toggle to enable the meeting room.
The My Channels page displays.
The channel page opens.
The configure page opens on the Details tab by default.
The 'Meeting Room' page opens.
After enabling the meeting room, the settings display.
Configure your room as desired, then click Save at the top right.
Choose a room mode
Use Room mode to define how participants join and interact in the room.
Available options depend on your site configuration.
- Interactive – everyone can join the stage
- Webinar – assigned presenters join the stage; all others join as viewers
Assign room moderators
Room moderators manage the meeting room and control the session.
Room moderators can:
- Launch the room
- Moderate participants
- Manage room content
- Start and end recordings
- Access the backchannel
To assign room moderators, start typing a user’s name in the field and press 'enter' to add the user.
Repeat to add additional moderators.
Good to know
- Channel managers are automatically added as room moderators.
- Channel members can join the room when it’s open.
Assign chat moderators
Chat moderators manage chat and interaction features during the meeting.
Chat moderators can:
- Moderate chat messages
- Reply to Q&A
- Launch polls and interactions
- Access the backchannel
To assign chat moderators, start typing a user’s name in the field and press 'enter' to add the user.
Repeat to add additional chat moderators.
Enable Q&A
Use Enable Q&A to control whether participants can start one-to-one Q&A chats with a moderator during the meeting.
Select one of the following options:
- According to site default – Uses the Q&A setting defined by your administrator.
- On – Enables one-to-one Q&A chat between participants and moderators.
- Off – Disables Q&A chat for participants.
Group chat
Use Group Chat to control whether participants can send messages in a shared chat during the meeting. When group chat is enabled, messages are visible to everyone in the meeting.
Select one of the following options:
- According to site default – Uses the group chat setting defined by your administrator.
- On – Enables a shared group chat for all participants in the room.
- Off – Disables group chat for participants.
For public or subscriber-only channels, consider disabling group chat to prevent unwanted posts.
Enter the room
Click the Enter Room button on the main channel page to launch or join the room.
For information about Kaltura Rooms, visit our article Introduction to the Kaltura Room.
The room remains available as long as it's enabled - no need to recreate it for each meeting.
