Quick Take: The following article thoroughly explains the Host Role within the platform.
Instructions
As the Host role, you have access to invite attendees to a deposition, and pre-upload exhibits before you enter the Deposition Room
You have the ability to invite attendees via a Shared Link on the Edit Deposition page
You have the ability to activate/deactivate the Shared Link
You have the ability to assign Counsel members to participate with either audio-only or video and audio depending on the deposition’s needs
If an attendee is assigned as a video participant, you can also choose to have their feed recorded. This change can only be made when the deposition is not recording. See How to Remove or Edit an Attendee in a Deposition for more information
As the Host, you control when to start and stop recordings as well as when to officially end the deposition
You can choose to participate with both audio and video or to only participate with audio
If you participate with video, your video pane will appear as the largest video for the Witness’ view
For all other attendees, the Witness is displayed as the largest video
You also have the ability to “Connect to Conference”, which provides Dial-In users access to the deposition: How to Connect the Dial-In Feature for a Deposition
You can privately view and introduce exhibits to the record by opening the exhibit side panel
You also have the ability to delete an exhibit before it has been shared with others in the deposition
Once an exhibit is introduced, you can no longer delete the file from the deposition
You can stamp and annotate any introduced exhibit. For more information see How to Use the Annotation Tools Within the Live Exhibit Tab
If you desire to change your Camera or Microphone while in the deposition room, please see Camera/Mic Switcher Explained
The “Privacy Shade” feature allows you to keep your exhibits list private while you are utilizing the Screenshare feature, If you activate Screen Share the Privacy Share will also be activated automatically.
Once the Deposition has ended, you will have access to the post-deposition assets
You can then download deposition video(s)
View all attendees invited to the deposition
If there is a green icon to the left of an invitee’s name, that person was present during the deposition. If there is no icon, that invitee did not attend the deposition
Download introduced exhibits
Click on the exhibit name you wish to preview
Select the blue arrow button associated with that exhibit to download