What you need to know:
This article provides details on the functions related to the UC-One Desktop.
Introduction
My Room is a collaboration tool used to perform group chat, initiate a conference call using a conference bridge, or to perform desktop sharing with multiple people. You can enter another contact’s Room as a guest or invite contacts to join your Room.
Initiating My Room Sessions
To join My Room from your UC-One desktop dashboard:
- Click on the My Room icon. My Room session is automatically started.
- Select the Contacts icon.
- Cick on the My Room icon. My Room session is automatically started.
- Select the contact and drag and drop them into your My Room session.
You can add a colleague to join your My Room session, either by sending a chat to join your Room, or drag-and-drop available contacts into your room. Participants must accept your request to be added to your Room.
To request colleagues to join your My Room Session:
Inviting Guest Participants Without an Account
You can invite outside Guest into your My Room session. Guest can join a My Room session via an invitation that provides the Guest with a Conference ID and Pin.
To invite a guest to a My Room session, from your My Room:
- Click on Copy My Room Invitation link.
- Paste copied invitation to a chat or email.
- Once Guests receive the message, they can click on the link to join in your My Room.
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Click on Email My Room Invitation, an email will be initiated.
Calling into Your My Room Session Via Voice Call
To initiate a voice call with My Room participants:
- Click the Call button or the Call from the Phone button.
- A call will be initiated into your Conference Bridge.
- Your Conference ID and Moderator Pin will automatically be entered. Your call will be connected.
Calling into My Room Via Video Call
To initiate a video call with My Room participants.
- Select the Video Call icon.
- A video call will be initiated into your Conference Bridge.
- Your Conference ID and Moderator Pin will automatically be entered. Your call will be connected.
Sharing Desktop in A My Room Session
While in a My Room session:
- Click the Share Desktop Button.
- Choose which application you would like to share.
- Click Start Sharing to begin Sharing your screen.
Note: Once in sharing mode you can choose to pause, stop, or select another application to share or preview.
Joining A Colleague’s My Room Session
You can join a colleague’s My Room Session if you are a Contact or if you are invited as Guest Participant without an account.
To join a contact’s My Room session:
- Select the Contact whose My Room you want to join.
- Right-click on the contact and select Join Room, you will be placed into the contact’s Room.
Joining A User’s My Room Session as a Guest Participant Without An Account
To join a user’s My Room as a guest without an account, you must receive a link to the session. Once in the Room, you can participate only in group chat, and view screen.
- Open the link with your Google Chrome browser.
- Enter your First Name and Last Name.
- Click Join Room, the Room owner will have to accept your request to enter their My Room Session.
Note: As a guest, you do not have private chat capabilities, however, you can see chat and view the chat of the active My Room session