How to Use Voice and Video Conferencing in Virola Most Effectively
Joining Voice and Video Meeting
To join your team's online meeting, click the intercom icon on the right side of the room toolbar. You will automatically be able to listen to the ongoing conversation and view other participants' video streams.
Two icons will become active immediately – the headphones and the eye icon. If you want to keep listening but disable other participants' video streams due to a poor Internet connection or any other reason, simply turn off the eye icon.
To start talking, click the microphone icon.
Note! To check and manage your microphone and headphone settings, as well as your video camera, you need to expand the intercom panel using the down arrows and adjust audio/video settings there or go to the application Options panel by pressing the cogwheel icon.
Be sure to disable the microphone icon once the meeting has been finished, because your audio will continue transmitting into the chat room. The same applies to the video icon. Click the intercom icon to turn everything off.
Understanding Virola's Video Conferencing indicators
- As soon as you activate your intercom, your network status will automatically switch to the "busy meeting". You will see this in the top left corner in your Virola Client. Everyone listening or talking in any private or public chatroom will have the same status.
- Indicators on the avatar picture will show what is currently active, whether it's the microphone, camera, or other features.
- Virola has a convenient indicator that highlights the person currently speaking. It is displayed on the lower part of their avatar picture.
- There is also an indicator for Internet connection, shown as a small square in the top right corner of the avatar picture. It changes color in real-time based on the connection strength: green for a great connection, yellow for normal, and purple for poor. This clearly shows your Internet network quality.
- In the chat room list, you will see numbers above the microphone, headphones, eye, and video camera icons, indicating how many people have each option enabled during the current meeting.
You can join multiple online meetings simultaneously – simply activate your intercom in as many chat rooms as you like and listen to them all at once. Alternatively, you can disconnect from one meeting and connect to another at any time.
Other essential features
By default, during your online audio and video conferences, Virola's screen is proportionally divided into three sections:
- the chat room list on the left,
- the chat area in the center for live chatting or screen sharing,
- and the participants' list with their avatars or video streams on the right.
However, if you prefer to view the meeting participants more closely, you can adjust the proportions by dragging the frame of the video streams section to resize it as you like.
You can easily record and save any online meeting. Simply press the record icon when activating the intercom.
Screen sharing and remote control features will help you to collaborate more effectively by allowing you to demonstrate processes, share presentations, and assist colleagues directly on their screens.