Creating a room¶
A room is a permanent place, not a scheduled meeting. You make it once and reuse the same link every time you gather.
Go to Rooms in the admin area and choose Add room.
The settings¶
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Room name | Becomes part of the URL, so choose it carefully — letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores only. |
| Room description | A private note to yourself about what this room is for. Participants never see it. |
| Host | Who owns the room. Admins can assign this to another host; as a host you are the default. |
| Speaker mode | Which of the three layouts the circle uses. |
| Goodbye URL | Where people are sent when you end the circle. Optional. |
| Scene | The background and centre media. See Choosing a scene. |
Speaker mode¶
Three options, described in full from the participant's side in Speaking and the centre:
- Speaker stays centered — the speaker moves to the middle for everyone, themselves included.
- Speaker centers with talking stick — everyone else sees the speaker in the middle; the speaker sees the centre media instead of their own face.
- Speaker stays in place — the speaker's own circle grows where it is, and the centre keeps showing the scene.
If you are unsure, centers with talking stick is the gentlest for the person speaking: they look at the room rather than at themselves.
The goodbye URL¶
When you end a circle, everyone is redirected here — a feedback form, a follow-up
page, wherever makes sense. It must be a full http(s) address. Leave it blank
and people see the default goodbye screen instead.
Your admin may have set a site-wide default that is filled in for you; you can replace it per room.
Renaming a room¶
Renaming changes the URL, which invalidates the link everyone already has. Send out the new one.
Deleting a room¶
Deleting removes the room from the list. Historical usage records are kept, so your reporting stays accurate.