Create genuine connections virtually with Live Rooms and Events in your Community.
In this article:
- What are Live Rooms?
- Start a live room
- Disable your live room
- What should I do in the meetups?
- Create a meetup
- How do I remind people?
What are Live Rooms?
Live Rooms are designed to help you and your community connect in real-time.
The following tools are available in a live room:
- Record your session
- Screenshare
- Start breakout groups
- Ask people to turn on their video
- Chat in-line
- Send emojis
Start a live room
To open your community live room:
- Open the Products tab from your Dashboard.
- Select Community from the sidebar.
- Click Go to Community.
- Open Meetups from the top menu.
- Click Live Room to start a live room.
- Optional: Notify your community members that you are live or exit the notification before they are notified.
- Optional: Begin recording your live room session or exit out of the recording notification to ignore.
Disable your live room
Disable your live room and only allow your community members to join the Live Room when you start a Live Room.
To turn off your live room:
- Open the Products tab from your Dashboard.
- Select Community from the sidebar.
- Click Go to Community.
- Open Settings.
- Select Community Features.
- Then, toggle off Live Room is always open to join:
What should I do in a meetup?
There are many ways to engage your member community with meetups.
The following are example activities to connect with your community during a meetup:
- Complete the current challenge together
- Q&A session
- Mastermind sessions
- Guest speaker
- Feedback circle
Create a meetup
To create a meetup:
- Open the Products tab from your Dashboard.
- Select Community from the sidebar.
- Click Go to Community.
- Click the "+" icon in the upper-right corner.
- Click Meetup:
- Complete your meetup details in the prompt.
- Enter the event link for the virtual meetup in the "Location/Meeting link" or you can use a Live Room by clicking the "Use Live Room" tab.
- Then, click Save to keep and apply your changes.
You can also add a meetup on the web using the "setting menu":
- Click the settings icon in the top-right corner of the left panel.
- Click Meetups Create a new meetup.
- Fill in the info giving a description of what you will be doing. Enter the event link for the virtual meetup in the "Location/ Meeting link" or you can use our Live Room by clicking the "Use Live Room" tab.
- Then, click Save.
How do I keep my live room safe and/or private?
In your live room, you have the ability to control to lock your room so you can moderate who can join:
- In the Live Room, click the gear icon to open Settings in the top-right corner of the live room.
- In the sidebar of the settings, click Room.
- Toggle on/off the Locked room button to lock or unlock your room:
Can I share my screen/use breakout rooms/record the meetup?
Yes! You can do all of those with the admin controls.
How do I record the live room?
- Click the record button to begin recording.
- Once the meeting is over, click on the record button again to stop recording:
Shorter recordings will appear in your Meetups page in less than 5 minutes. Wait up to 30 minutes for longer recordings.
The recording is currently only supported on a desktop or laptop using the Chrome and Chromium browsers. It is not available on mobile devices and safari.
Where can I find the live room recordings?
Your recordings can be viewed in the meetups tab.
How can I control access to my live room recording?
Determine the Access Group that can view your live room recording:
- Open the Products tab from your Dashboard.
- Select Community from the sidebar.
- Click Go to Community.
- Open Meetups from the top menu.
- Select the pencil icon next to your live room recording date and time indicator.
- Then, select the access group that can view your live room recording.
- Be sure to click Save to keep and apply your changes.
How do I remind people?
- After someone RSVPs for the event, they will receive a push notification 24 hours, 3 hours, 1 hour, and at the start time.
- We recommend posting a countdown on your social platforms as well.
- Once you are in the live room for 1 minute, your community will receive an email letting them know you are live!
And that’s how you can host live rooms and events in your Community! Please vote below and let us know if you found this article helpful. We value your feedback. Thanks for being the best part of Kajabi!
