This article outlines how to manage host controls within a Bevy Virtual Community event.

This is a beta feature. This means that it might not be available to everyone. 

Bevy Virtual 2.0 Hosts Overview

All members of the Chapter Team automatically join the conference as a host. Alternatively, hosts can promote other attendees to a moderator role within the virtual experience.

Hosts can:

• Join any session

• Add other hosts

• Promote an attendee to a presenter

• Access attendee information

• Start / stop recording

• Moderate chat

• Enable and manage Q&A

• Simulcast a live session

As a host (or moderator), you can

• Mute

  • Mute / Unmute y ourself

  • Select your input and output devices

• Start Video

  • Start/Stop your camera

  • Select your camera devices

• Chat

  • Pin a message

  • Delete your own messages

  • Block an attendee from chatting

    • This will block them for all events across your platform for up to 24 hours

  • React to other messages

• DMs

  • Send direct messages to attendees

  • Please select an attendee from the Participant's panel

• Participants

  • Send a direct message to a participant

  • Block an attendee from chatting

    • This will block them for all events across your platform for up to 24 hours

  • Enable “Moderator mode”

    • This will give the attendee equal power as what you have

  • Enable “Presenter mode”

    • If you wish to make an attendee or moderator a speaker at your event

  • Remove from event

    • This will remove the attendee and block them for up to 24 hours

• Share screen

  • Share your screen with the audience

• Effects

  • Set a background blur or wallpaper image

• Record

  • Record the session to the cloud

  • You can access the recording in the events “wrap up” tab

• Simulcast

  • You can live stream the event to any platform of your choice

  • Facebook Live, Linkedin Live, Youtube Live, etc.

• Q&A

  • Ask questions when Q&A has been enabled by a host or moderator

• Leave

  • Leave the event

Add other hosts

As a host, you can provision host access to others during the event.

1. Within the event, click the Participants tab.

2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the attendee's name.

3. Click Moderator mode.

Enable presenter mode for yourself

In the current Beta version, hosts always have presenter mode. This will change in later versions.

Enable presenter mode for others

You may enable presenter mode for any attendee that needs audio, video, and screen-sharing controls.

1. Within the event, click the Participants tab.

2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the attendee's name.

3. Click Presenter mode on.

   Once an attendee is given presenter mode, they will see a modal asking them to refresh their screen. 

4. After a speaker is done with their session, you will want to turn their presenter mode off so they don't remain in the video grid.

Learn more about other host moderation tools for managing chat and other attendee features.

End the event early

As a host, you can end the event before the designated end time.

Ending an event for all is final. Ending a multi-day event early applies to the remaining days of the event.

1. At the bottom of the event, select the Leave button.
   As a host, this opens a menu with the option to end the event or leave the event.

2. Select End event for all.
   This ends the event for everyone and can't be undone.

Join the event before it starts

After you RSVP, Hosts & Team leads can access BV & BVC events anytime before they start by using Calendar or Email links.

Note: During the Beta period, you are able to join the event early using the Join button based on 2 conditions:

• You are a Team Member

• You have Event Page PageBuilder enabled.