Event set up
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Kaltura Events Account Home page - Create an event
Create an Event Log into your Kaltura Events account. The All events page displays with the Events tab open by default. Click the blue + Create event button in the upper right corner of the screen. If no current events ...
Kaltura Events - Account setup
This article describes how to administer your virtual events.
Overview tab - Your event at a glance
The Overview page acts as the home page for your event. This page displays the vital details of the event. Information displayed includes: Event status (a countdown to when the event will start, "Happening now", or "Ended [time ...
Event details tab - Edit event details
This article describes how to edit the event details and setting a custom URL. Herein, we also direct you to an article about customizing your Lobby page. After creating a new event, navigate to the Event details page. There are two ways to reach t...
Customize your Lobby page
The Lobby (coming soon) page acts as a "waiting room" or a landing page until the event site is open. You may customize the look of your Lobby page. This feature must be enabled on your account. If it is not, please contact a Kaltura r...
Branding tab - Brand the event
This article describes how to implement your brand on the event's site. Navigate to the Branding page; from the Event page, click the Branding tab. The Branding page displays. The Branding page allows you to edit the logo, banner, and theme...
Registration tab - Set up registration
This article describes how to design the registration form attendees will be required to complete in order to officially register for your event. It also describes how to publish the registration and preview the registration form. The registratio...
Login link via email (AKA "Magic Link")
Event managers who are creating a new event using a present event template can choose how attendees will enter the event - with email and password OR with login link via email (AKA "Magic Link") This article descri...
Agenda tab - Add and edit Interactive Room session
This article describes how to add and edit an Interactive room session. Interactive rooms allow attendees to connect with others during your Virtual Event. Hosts can use this collaboration space to provide demos with advanced moderation controls,...
Agenda tab - Add and edit Live Webcast session
This article describes how to add and edit a Live webcast session. Live webcasts are orchestrated, highly produced live-streaming events for large audiences. Kaltura Webcasting supports you from the initial planning stage to live broadcast produc...
Agenda tab - Add and edit Pre-recorded session
This article describes how to add and edit a Pre-recorded session. Pre-recorded sessions are pre-recorded videos that are broadcasted as if they were live. They are considered as if they were a live broadcast from the system's point of view (pl...
Agenda tab - Add and edit DIY live webcast session
This article describes how to add and edit a DIY live webcast session. DIY live webcasts give you the ability to broadcast/webcast a Kaltura live session directly from a Kaltura Studio room. Simply create a DIY live webcast session, then navigate...
Session publishing capabilities
Publish/Unpublish sessions from the Events to your Kaltura video portal(s) per channel. Prerequisites and notes: Your Video portal(s) must be preconfigured by Kaltura. You may publish a session only after the session has ended. Video port...
Media tab - Manage media for your event
The Media page allows you to upload media to your event site and publish media to your video portal. It also allows you to edit, download, and delete that media. Navigate to the Media page; from the Event page, click the Media tab. The Me...
People tab > All users - Invite attendees to your event
This article describes how to: Invite participants to your event via email - individually or in bulk Add participants to the event without sending them an invitation email. View a list of attendees for an upcoming event and monitor their p...
People tab > Speakers - Invite speakers to your event
The Speakers page allows you to invite speakers to your event, view a full list of speakers for your upcoming event (including name, email, role, creation date), and monitor their progress through the registration process. You may also invite spea...
People tab > Moderators - Invite moderators to your event
The Moderators page allows you to invite moderators to your event, view a full list of moderators for your upcoming event (including name, email, role, creation date), and monitor their progress through the registration process. You may also invit...
People tab > Event team - Add team members to your event
The Event team page allows you to add team members to your event. You may also edit their information and remove them from the team using the Event team page. The admin must create users before they can be added to, edited, or removed from...
Settings tab - Event settings and custom URL
This article describes how to access your event domain, enter a support email address for attendees, enter organizer details to display in notifications and networking, and set a custom URL. Navigate to the Settings page; from the Event page, click...
Getting to know your event site, session page, and lobby page
The event site is a website that hosts your event content.
Custom event templates
If your Kaltura Events account is configured with Custom templates, the Create Event page displays two tabs - one for Preset templates (Presets) and one for Custom templates (Custom). A custom event template puts your company's brandin...
Closed events
Kaltura enables hosting of "closed" Single sign on (SSO) events, attendees of which are based on existing groups in an Identify provider (IdP). Users who are members of those IdP groups are automatically synced to Kaltura and can log into ...
