Tour of video conferencing – Evercast

The dashboard

The dashboard is a panel where you see all of the rooms you have access to. Every room has a tile that shows the room name and who the room owner is. You can see if a session is currently in progress and how many participants are in it. Clicking a tile takes you to the lobby of the room, where you can then access it.

The lobby

The room

A room is the virtual space where you can video conference and view streamed content. We recommend one room per team, as each room can only run one Evercast session at a time and will have its own recordings and chat/notes history.

A room is always available, and participants can enter and leave as they please, depending on access permissions. Unlike other video conferencing platforms that provide a link for each individual meeting, you can think of our platform like renting out a virtual room that is always there. A room invite is like a key. Any participant on the invite list can access the room whenever they need to.

There are three main areas in a room:

Thumbnails

The thumbnails are located at the top of the room and show all of the participants in the room.

If a participant has their camera turned on, you'll see their video.
If a participant doesn't have their camera turned on, you'll see a black square with their initials.
If someone is streaming content to the room, that video stream will also have a thumbnail, in addition to the participant who is doing the streaming.
The menu that appears on the top right corner of a participant's thumbnail gives options for controlling features such as audio, camera, and placement of the thumbnail.
The thumbnail bar can be detached from the main window and viewed in matrix, vertical, or horizontal views.

Main viewer

The main viewer is in the middle of the screen. This is where you see:

Any content that is being streamed to the room.
Content that is being screen shared by a participant.
Alternating participant videos, based on who is currently speaking.

Toolbar

The toolbar is on the bottom of the screen and has several tools for using the room. Hover your mouse over the bottom of the screen to make it visible.

Tip

Turning off the audio turns off the sound only for you. It doesn't turn off the sound for the room itself or the participants in the room.

You can pin the toolbar to the screen so that it won't autohide after you navigate away from it. On the toolbar, click the Layout button and select whether to Always show toolbar or conversely, Auto-hide toolbar.

The toolbar buttons for Mic, Camera, and Audio are clickable when they've been selected as None in Device settings. By clicking the button, Device settings opens so you can configure the devices.