Video Conferencing for Advanced Users

3CX includes some truly collaborative features in the 3CX Meet function. Our advanced web conferencing features are ideal for webinars, online presentations, screen-sharing and more. This guide will take you through 3CX’s advanced web conferencing features and how to use them. To learn how to create an ad hoc web meeting or a simple video conference, read our video conferencing guide.

Collaboration Tools

Whiteboard

An online whiteboard is the virtual form of the traditional classroom blackboard - a virtual canvas. It helps visualize ideas and brainstorm without the need to physically be in the office. 3CX Video Conferencing has 3 templates to choose from.

During a meeting, click the Share Content button (shown above) in the bottom right corner.

  1. You will be given the choice to choose either a blank, dotted, or Chalk Board template.
  2. Once you choose your template, a toolbar will appear at the bottom of your screen with various options: text, draw, fill and so on.
  3. To stop sharing the whiteboard press the Stop Sharing Content button.

Share PDF

The Share PDF feature allows you to upload, view, and annotate PDF files and images (.png & .jpg) during your live online meetings.

Click the Share Content button and then press the in the bottom right corner to upload and share PDFs while in a meeting:

Note: All shared PDF documents and recordings are kept on secure 3CX servers for up to seven (7) days after the meeting ends after which they are deleted.

Screen Sharing

The Screen Sharing feature is used as a collaboration and presentation tool allowing you to present your screen to other participants.

Chat Features

The chat feature is accessible from the bottom right corner .

Share Files

Note: Shared files are kept on secure 3CX servers for the duration of the meeting and then deleted.

Chat Q&A

From the chat panel, you can create polls and participate in a Q&A by clicking the “Questions” chat q&a button button.

Get Feedback

Create Polls

Organizers can actively engage with their audience and get their feedback by creating polls.

  1. Click on the Share Content button to bring up the Presentation options.
  2. Select to Start a new poll . Here you will see a list of previously created polls and the options to share, edit or delete them.
  3. Create a new poll by clicking on the in the bottom right corner.
  4. Now add the questions and their answer choices.
  5. Click on Save to store the new poll.
  6. Your poll will now be saved in your poll repository.

  1. To share the poll, click on the “Share” button. The organizer can monitor an active poll; the percentage completed, its status (Open or Closed), the time elapsed and a real-time summary of the participants’ answers.
  2. Click on the Close Polling button to complete the participant polling.
  3. You will be presented with three options:
  1. To remove the poll from the participants’ screens and resume the meeting press the Stop Sharing Content  button at the bottom.

Broadcast on YouTube

Go live on YouTube and broadcast your web meeting to your customers and followers.

  1. Login to YouTube and from the top right click on Create > Go Live.
  2. Click on Schedule Stream.
  3. Enter your Live Stream Details: Title, Description, Age restrictions and so on.
  4. Choose your customization settings, i.e. who can send messages and reactions.
  5. Choose your Live Stream visibility, public, private or unlisted and then schedule your live stream.
  6. Click Done.

  1. From this screen you need to copy the stream key - as shown above.
  2. Go to 3CX Meet and click on the Share Content button.

  1. Select “Share video stream”, shown above. Enter the YouTube Stream Key you copied from YouTube.
  2. Click on the button and the “Ready” status will change to “On Air”.
  3. Go back to YouTube and click on the Go Live button in the top right corner.

  1. You are now Live Streaming!
  2. To pause your stream click on the coffee cup icon in 3CX . This mutes and disables all participants' audio/video devices and a banner will be shown on Youtube until you are ready to resume.
  3. To end your live stream click on the End Stream button in the top right corner in YouTube. Alternatively, streaming will automatically stop once you end the meeting in 3CX.

Notes:

In meeting video playback with YouTube

Existing YouTube content can be played during a video conference. The presenter remains in control of video controls such as play/pause and timeline skipping.

  1. Open Youtube and copy the video URL from the share icon.
  2. Go to 3CX Meet. Navigate to Share Content > Share Video Stream.
  3. In the “Playback YouTube Video” field, enter the copied URL and press Share.

Note:

Meeting Rooms

3CX supports two types of virtual meeting rooms, as set by your system administrator:

Notes:

Settings

To edit your settings, click on the Options button (the gear icon) on the bottom right of your 3CX Meet screen.


Revision #7
Created 11 December 2023 21:18:56 by Vox Tandem Admin
Updated 22 May 2024 19:19:05 by Vox Tandem Admin