Polycom 1500 - Operations Performed During on Going Conferences; Conference Level Operations; Changing the Duration of a Conference

RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Getting Started Guide
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Operations Performed During On Going Conferences
During ongoing conferences, operators and administrators can perform various operations, at the
conference level affecting the entire conference or at a participant level affecting individual participants.
Conference Level operations
The following operations can be performed during an ongoing conference, affecting all the participants in
the conference:
● Changing the Duration of a Conference
● Adding Participants from the Address Book
● Moving Participants Between Conferences (AVC-based Connection)
● Saving an Ongoing Conference as a Template
● Copy and Paste Conferences
● Changing the Video Layout of a Conference (AVC-Based CP and Mixed CP and SVC Conferences)
● Video Forcing (AVC-Based CP and Mixed CP and SVC Conferences)
● Enabling and Disabling Video Clarity™ (AVC-based Conferences)
● Muting all Participants Except the Lecturer (AVC-Based CP Conferences)
● Sending Text Messages to All Participants Using Message Overlay (AVC-based Conferences)
● Auto Scan (AVC-based CP Only Conferences)
● Customized Polling
Changing the Duration of a Conference
The duration of each conference is set when the new conference is created. The default duration of a
conference is 1 hour. All conferences running on the MCU are automatically extended as long as there are
participants connected to the conference.
A conference’s Duration can be extended or shortened while it is running, by modifying its scheduled End
Time.
To extend or shorten a conference manually:
1 In the Conference List pane, double-click the conference Name.