5. Sametime Meetings Task Reference
Use IBM®
Sametime®
Meetings to share information and collaborate with people in
one place. Use meetings to share you screen, use audio and video, upload files,
discuss with your colleagues, and more.
Meetings
v Switch views between the Meeting Stream, Voice and Video, a Participant list,
and the meeting room Library.
v Invite other contacts to join the meeting room with a single click.
v Add a File to the meeting room Library.
v Access a Menu of Options from the meeting room.
v Share your screen, a file, or a snapshot with all other meeting room participants.
v Modify the meeting room settings in the Actions and Settings menu.
v Use the pointer and highlighter tools when you share.
Table 1. Getting started with Sametime meetings. This table lists the basic tasks to get
started with meeting rooms.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Add a meeting room server
Click > Preferences and open the
Server Communities tab. Add a New Server
Community to create a meeting room server.
Your Sametime administrator might do this
for you.
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6. Table 1. Getting started with Sametime meetings (continued). This table lists the basic
tasks to get started with meeting rooms.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Create a meeting room If you have permission to create a meeting
room, click in the Sametime Connect
client. Then, click and complete the
dialog box.
Add files from the library to share, and use
the pointer and highlighter
In a meeting room, click to add a file or
a link. After you upload the file, you can
share, download, or preview the file.
While you are sharing, click to point to
and highlight parts of your file.
Share a screen capture
In the meeting room library, click . Select
the part of your screen that you want to
capture and click either Add to Meeting to
add the image to the library, Share Now, or
Recapture.
Note: This feature is not available for
meeting rooms that are open in a web
browser. Instead, capture your screen by
using another application; save it as a file,
and then add that file to the meeting room
Library.
Table 2. Starting a meeting. The following table demonstrates common tasks for meeting
room owners and participants.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Invite others to join a meeting
Click , select the meeting room, and
click More Actions > Copy to Clipboard.
Then, choose a way to share the meeting
room link.
v Paste the link in an email or chat.
v Add the link to a calendar invitation.
v Set up Online Meeting preferences in
IBM Notes®
.
– Create a Notes calendar invitation.
– Click Online Meeting > New
– Name the meeting room, paste the
meeting room link in the Meeting
URL, and enter a password.
Invite others to join a meeting in progress
In a meeting room, click , select the
contacts to invite, and click Send.
Or, drag contacts names from your contact
list to add them to the meeting.
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7. Table 2. Starting a meeting (continued). The following table demonstrates common tasks
for meeting room owners and participants.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Start or join an audio or video call If you are a meeting room owner or
manager, click and click Start Call.
Then, select your call preferences.
If you are a participant, click and
select Join Call to view your options for
joining the call.
Note: If you see Not available, then no one
can call into the meeting from inside the
meeting room. Either your organization does
not have an available audio and video
service provider, or the meeting room owner
did not select a service provider.
Start and stop sharing To start sharing, click Start Sharing if no
one else is sharing. If someone else is
already sharing, click Let Me Share in the
sharing area.
Note: If you are on a slow network, select
Send shared data through the server.
Table 3. Changing meeting room settings. This table tells you how to manage meeting
room settings both as a meeting room owner and as a participant.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Assign meeting room owners and managers By default, the person who creates the
meeting room is the meeting room owner.
Meeting room owners assign manager roles
to participants.
If you are the owner of a meeting room,
click > > Change Room Settings
and click Permissions. Set permissions for
individuals in the meeting room to add
room managers.
Change the call-in information for an audio
conference
If you are a meeting room owner or
manager, click in an open meeting
room. Select Change Room Settings > Voice
and Video and choose the service provider
whose call-in information you want to
change. Update the telephone number and
the passcode for the Call-in Information.
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8. Table 3. Changing meeting room settings (continued). This table tells you how to manage
meeting room settings both as a meeting room owner and as a participant.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Use computer audio for an audio conference If the meeting room uses the service
provider Sametime Audio/Video
Conferencing, click Join Call to join the
audio conference by computer. If video is
available, the video starts as soon as you
join the call. With this option, no one can
call into the meeting by telephone;
participants must use their computer.
If the meeting room uses a third-party,
integrated audio and video service provider,
click Join Call to join the audio conference
by computer, telephone, or video device if
available. With this option, call control
options are available in the meeting room
for both the meeting room managers and
participants.
Set up a listen-only meeting for a large
number of participants In the meeting room, click > Change
Room Settings. Under Large Meeting
Support, select Make this a lecture-style
meeting.
Edit meeting room settings If you are already in a meeting room, click
> Change Room Settings. Edit the
settings that you want to update.
If you are not yet in the meeting and are a
meeting room owner, click , then click
Sametime Meetings and select the list of
meeting rooms that you want to see. Choose
the meeting room that you want to edit and
click More > Edit.
Remove content from the meeting room
Library In a meeting room, click to open the
library. Then, click > Clear Library.
Note: Files that are stored in Files are
removed from the Library, but not from
Files.
Table 4. Extended meeting room features. The following table explores more features that
you can use within Sametime meeting rooms.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Check whether another user can share their
screen In a meeting room, click , then click
> Change Room Settings >
Permissions. To see who can share, click
Present and add to the Library.
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9. Table 4. Extended meeting room features (continued). The following table explores more
features that you can use within Sametime meeting rooms.
What do you want to do? Steps to take
Create and send a poll
In the meeting room, click
to open the Library, then click to create
a multiple choice question poll for all
participants. Enter your poll question and
sent it immediately or save it to the Library
to send, copy, or edit at another time.
Create a meeting report Meeting room owners, managers, and
presenters can create a meeting room report.
To create a report, click > Create
Meeting Report and complete the dialog
box before you close the meeting.
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