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What roles and permissions can be preset or set during the live room?
Virtual Classroom level roles can be preset; they are Admin, Instructor, and Student. These are roles of registered users. In the live room, Admin and Instructors are moderators and their moderator status cannot be revoked. Students and Guests ...
Can a Moderator Control Everything in a Virtual Classroom?
Moderators can be given all the permissions the instructor has in the live room, and each room can be assigned multiple moderators. This can be set inside the room, as shown under the participant's name below. Note: Moderators cannot give/rev...
If I Launch a Room From a KMS Channel, Are the Channel Permissions Observed (i.e., Joining Channels to Which I Have Permissions)?
Yes. Currently the room is available via direct link and can be made available to all participants outside of KMS . Note, however, that access to rooms will be under the KMS Admin Configuration page. ...
How Many Hosts and Moderators Are Allowed in a Virtual Classroom?
There can only be one host for a room, the room owner. However, any participant in the session can be set as a temporary moderator. The number of moderators is unlimited. ...
Can I Block Guest Access to Virtual Classrooms?
You can enable the Lock The Door feature to ensure unwanted guests can’t enter your live room. ...
Can Participants Be Anonymous In the Participants Field?
Yes. A participant that joins as a guest may enter whatever name they want. Room moderators can also disable the participant list from view. ...
Why Can’t I Access the Classroom For Which I’ve Been Given Instructor Permissions?
First, make sure you are logged in to your Kaltura account with the correct email address. Try logging out and logging back in. If this does not resolve the issue, confirm with your system administrator that you are, indeed, set as instr...
Is There a Slide Preview For Moderator?
There is no slide preview for a moderator.
Who can launch a Live Room that is associated with a Channel?
A Live Room that is associated to a channel may be launched by the channel owner/manager/moderator. The user that launches the live room becomes the room host and has an instructor view inside the room. Only after the room session is initiated b...
Can I Mute All Participants at Once?
Yes. There is an option to Mute All as shown below.
Refreshing the Page Causes Moderators to Lose Their Permissions
Room owners always retain their status after a page refresh. However, moderators in the session will lose their permissions after they refresh their page. If the room owner loses host functionality, they should submit a support ticket from the ...
Where Do the Virtual Classroom Roles Originate From?
The Live Room user permissions are based on the ‘kms Contextual Role’ which is related to the Media Gallery permission. If a user it set to Manager or Moderator, they will be Hosts inside the Live Room. In your LMS, this role is linked to the u...
