Studio Chat

Studio Chat

Overview

Unlike Sessionchat, Studio Chat provides text chat during live sessions. The Studio Chat fly-in interface panel also offers additional features that are important for managing large sessions with many participants.

Showing and Hiding Studio Chat

Click on the Studio Chat icon in the bottom toolbar to toggle the Studio Chat panel on the right-hand side of the user interface.

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Participant Count

At the top of the Studio Chat interface the current number of session participants is displayed. The maximum number of participants allowed will vary depending on your subscription level.

Show / Hide Toggle

The caret to the right of participant count will show and hide the participant count, search,  and the participants list to reduce visual clutter and make room for displaying more messages.

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Search

The search field lets you quickly find a participant when there are large numbers of participants in the session. Start typing to begin filtering the list of participants.

Clicking the X will clear the field and return to the display of the entire list.

Public and Private Chats

When the top item of the list labeled Everyone is selected any chat messages will be displayed for all participants in the session.

Selecting an individual display name from the list allows you to send a private chat message to that particular session participant.

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Participants List

Each person in the session will be represented by a list item containing their avatar, their display name and mute status icons for their mic and camera.

The host and moderator (if someone is assigned that role in the session) have an additional options menu that provides role switching options and the ability to kick participants from the session. The options menu items are:

  • Make Audience / Make Guest toggle
  • Make Moderator
  • Kick [display name] 

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Message Display

The main body of the panel is used to display the messages sent and received. Clicking Everyone in the participants list will display messages shared by all participants while clicking on a specific display name will display only private messages shared between you and that particular participant. 

Send Message Field

Since there are public and private message types this field has placeholder text to remind you who will be able to see your message. Type in this field and click the paper airplane icon or press the Return key to send your message. 

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Download Chat

Studio Chat messages only persist for the duration of a session. If you would like to retain the contents of the chats you have participated in during the session you can save the chats to a text file on your computer for future reference. The downloaded file will contain a record of the public chat and any private chats that you participated in during the session.

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