Managing Conferences and Participants
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4 Use these participant actions as needed:
Change Layout For applicable endpoints.
Change the default video layout for the conference
display.
• Switching. Indicates that the display changes
each time the speaker changes, and everyone
sees the current speaker.
• Select a Frame Count, then select the specific
layout for the frames.
The available layouts are Continuous Presence
settings.
Add Participant Add one or more participants to the selected
conference.
Add Guest Add a guest to the selected conference.
Add Room Add one or more rooms to the selected conference.
Add Favorites Add participants from one of your Favorites lists to
the selected conference.
Join Conference Join the conference, monitor the conference, and
talk with participants as needed.
Action Use this action to...
Action Use this action to...
Mute or
Unmute Audio
Mute or unmute the selected participant’s audio line
into the conference. This option appears only when
the conference is running on an external MCU. The
Audio column in the Participants list shows the
current status of this setting.
Block or
Unblock Video
Block or unblock the selected participant’s video line
into the conference. This option appears only when
the conference is running on an external MCU. The
Video column in the Participants list shows the
current status of this setting.
Connect or
Disconnect
Disconnect or reconnect the selected participant to
the conference. A disconnected participant is still
associated with the conference and cannot be
scheduled for other conferences.
Remove Remove the selected participant from the
Participants list at which time the participant can be
scheduled for another conference.
