Start And Join Meetings
Use this walkthrough to enter an ad-hoc meeting from an activity or a direct-message conversation, confirm that you are connected, and leave without confusing the meeting stage with the call itself. The entry point changes with the conversation, but the rest of the meeting experience is shared. Follow the preparation first, take the activity or direct-message branch, then continue with the common checkpoints.
Share Your Screen And Choose A View
Use this walkthrough when you want to present a display or application window, confirm that the meeting received it, and arrange the stage around the content. You will also learn how to move between several simultaneous shares, replace your source, and stop presenting without leaving the call.
Keep Working During A Meeting
Use this walkthrough when you want to stay in a meeting while reading, editing, or moving elsewhere in Visual Space. You will open the full stage once, keep a useful feed nearby in picture-in-picture, and return to the stage without starting or joining the call again. **Closing the stage and leaving the meeting are different actions.** The stage close control returns you to the workspace while the call continues. The red `Leave meeting` control disconnects you, removes the stage or picture-in-pi
Invite And Manage The Room
Use this walkthrough to bring eligible people into an active meeting, respond to an invitation, take part without interrupting, and verify what changed in the room. The final section is reserved for space owners and members with chat-management permission because muting or removing another person is **room moderation**, not ordinary participation.
Collaborate With Live Apps
Live apps let an activity meeting work with Visual Space content as a shared, selectable feed. This walkthrough takes you from opening `Live Apps` through choosing or creating work, arranging it on the stage, switching between active apps, and ending the shared feed cleanly.
Stage And Layouts
The meeting stage gives cameras, shared screens, audio participants, and shared work one flexible place to appear. It sits over the Visual Space workspace you were already using, so changing the meeting view does not discard the activity, conversation, or work underneath it. The important idea is that **the stage arranges feeds, not merely people**. Choose the feed that matters now, then move between an all-room view and a more concentrated view without changing the meeting itself.
Participation And Room Management
Meeting participation ranges from a quick emoji to removing someone from the room. Visual Space keeps those actions together while preserving a clear difference between **expression**, which helps anyone take part, and **room management**, which can change another participant's call. Reactions, raised hands, invitations, participant profiles, Awards, and meeting controls all use the room that is active now. Their availability depends on whether the call belongs to an activity or a direct-message
Meetings
Meetings bring voice, video, screen sharing, and shared work into the part of Visual Space where a conversation is already happening. An activity or direct-message conversation provides the room, while the surrounding workspace stays available before, during, and after the call. **Continuity is the defining idea.** Joining does not make the meeting a separate destination that takes over your work. You can open the full meeting stage when you want everyone in view, then return to an activity, doc
Meeting Rooms And Presence
Meeting rooms keep a call attached to the activity or direct-message conversation where it belongs. Activity meetings and direct-message calls use the same meeting experience for voice, video, screen sharing, reactions, raised hands, invitations, and feedback, but the room's scope still determines who can see it, where it returns, and which collaboration controls are available.
Media And Call Controls
Meeting controls keep the essentials close while you are speaking, presenting, or watching someone else. The main call bar handles immediate actions; nearby selectors help you change equipment or choose what to share without leaving the meeting stage. These controls serve different purposes. **Muting changes whether others hear you**, turning off the camera removes your video, stopping a screen share removes only the content you were presenting, and hanging up leaves the meeting altogether.
Live Apps
Meeting live apps turn supported workspace content into a selectable feed inside an activity meeting. The group can read, discuss, and work in the relevant app without leaving the call or replacing the surrounding Visual Space context. **A live app is shared meeting content, not a screen share.** It keeps the workspace interactive and gives its own tools room alongside the meeting controls. Cameras, participant audio, screen shares, and other live apps remain available as separate feeds.
Meetings Guide
Meetings brings live conversation and shared work into activities and direct messages without separating the call from the rest of Visual Space. Start with the overview, explore the part of the meeting you need, or follow a complete task from joining through hanging up.