MGC Web Server Manager User’s Guide

Table 3-2: Reservation Defaults - Settings2 Parameters (Continued)

Option

Description

 

 

Lecture Mode

Lecture Show - One-way communication

(con’t.)

mode in which conference participants see and

 

hear the conference lecturer, however they are

 

not seen or heard by the lecturer (one way

 

communication).

 

Notes:

 

Lecturer selection is mandatory at the

 

reservation stage and Lecture Show is

 

enabled only when one is selected. The

 

lecturer cannot be changed or deleted

 

during the On Going conference.

 

Full screen (1X1) format is the only video layout

 

that can be selected for Lecture Show.

 

Presentation Mode - In Continuous Presence

 

conferences the system automatically displays

 

the active speaker full screen on all the

 

conference participant monitors while the

 

layout of the current speaker displays the

 

previous speaker of the conference. When

 

another participant starts talking, the

 

Presentation Mode is cancelled and conference

 

returns to its predefined video layout.

 

In a COP conference, when the speaker

 

becomes the conference presenter, the

 

conference layout is automatically set to 1x1

 

(full screen) and all participants including the

 

active speaker view this layout.

 

If the speaker is an Audio Only participant

 

(in a video conference), the Presentation

 

Mode is disabled for that participant.

 

Video Forcing apply while the conference is

 

in normal speaker mode. When

 

Presentation Mode is activated, only the

 

lecturer can set the video forcing and it

 

applies only to the conference layout.

 

During an On Going conference set to

 

Presentation Mode that is running on the

 

standard Video card, asymmetric conference

 

layouts are unavailable for selection.

 

 

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