Schedule a live video session

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Video rooms are scheduled video sessions for team meetings, office hours, workshops, webinars, and group discussions. Create a room, set the date and time, configure access and pricing, prepare polls, and share the link with your members.

Before you get started

  • You must have an Admin or Moderator role to create sessions.
  • If you want to charge for the session, ensure your payment account is connected. See Connect Stripe and receive payouts.

Set up event details

  1. Click + Create Room in the top navigation bar.
  2. Select Video Room.
The Create Room dropdown expanded showing three options: Instant Video Call, Video Room, and Speed-Networking Room
The Create Room dropdown with Video Room selected
  1. Under Event Details, enter a Title for your video call.
  2. Enter a Description that tells participants what the call is about and what they can expect.
  3. Set the Date & Time and select your Timezone from the dropdown. Participants see event times converted to their local timezone.
  4. Set the Video Call Duration using the slider or the +/– controls. The range is 10 to 600 minutes.
The Create Video Call form showing Title, Description, Date and Time with timezone dropdown, and Video Call Duration slider
The event details form with title, description, scheduling, and duration controls

Configure options

  1. Under Options, configure the following:

    • Allow Early Join — toggle on to let participants enter the room up to 5 minutes before the start time. Hosts and co-hosts can always join early.
    • Webinar Mode — toggle on to host large-scale events with 250+ attendees.
    • Recurring Video Call — toggle on to set up a regular, repeating video call.
The Options section showing three toggle cards for Allow Early Join, Webinar Mode, and Recurring Video Call, all in the off position
The Options section with Allow Early Join, Webinar Mode, and Recurring Video Call toggles
  1. If you toggle Recurring Video Call on, select a repeat frequency (e.g., Weekly) and optionally set an End Date.
Recurring Video Call enabled showing a Repeats dropdown set to Weekly and an optional End Date field
Recurring Video Call enabled with weekly repeat and optional end date
  1. Select a repeat frequency from the Repeats dropdown:

    • Daily — repeats every day.
    • Weekly — repeats on the same day each week.
    • Bi‑Weekly — repeats every two weeks.
    • Monthly — repeats on the same date each month.
    • Custom Days — lets you pick specific days of the week.
The Repeats dropdown expanded showing Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly, and Custom Days options
All available repeat frequency options
  1. If you select Custom Days, use the Repeat on day picker to choose specific days of the week. A confirmation message shows which days your session will repeat on.
Custom Days selected with the Repeat on day picker showing specific days checked and a confirmation message of the repeat schedule
Custom Days with specific days selected and repeat schedule confirmation

Add tags and configure access

  1. Under Tags, type a tag name and click + Create new tag to add it. Tags help people discover your video call. You can add up to 5 tags.
The Tags field with a tag name being typed and the Create new tag option appearing below
Typing a tag name with the Create new tag option
Two tags added to the video call showing the 2 of 5 tag limit indicator
Two tags added with the tag limit displayed
  1. Under Access & Pricing, configure the following:

    • Call Privacy — toggle between Approval Required and Auto‑Approve. Auto‑Approve lets anyone with the link join without requiring your approval.
    • Discoverability — toggle between Unlisted (direct link only) and Discoverable (visible in search and listings).
    • Add to Community — if you manage a community, you can link this call to it so community members can find and join. Select your community from the list, or choose Don't add to a space to keep the call standalone and accessible only via direct link.
    • Paid Access — toggle between Free and Paid. If paid, set a price in USD, EGP, or both. Attendees pay in the currency that fits them.
The Access and Pricing section showing Call Privacy, Discoverability, and Paid Access toggles, and a Spoken Language dropdown
The Access and Pricing section with privacy, discoverability, and paid access settings
The Add to Community option showing Don't add to a space selected with a checkmark, and a DevOps Community with 2 members listed below as an available option
The Add to Community option with available communities to link the call to
Paid Access toggled to Paid showing a price field in USD with the 10% platform fee note and net payout amount per attendee
Paid access enabled with price field and platform fee breakdown
Paid Access with an active discount code showing its discount percentage and an Always applies badge, with a link to the Coupons page to create additional codes
An active discount code automatically applied to the paid session

Set up a registration form

  1. To require attendees to fill a form before joining, toggle Require attendees to fill a form on.
The Require attendees to fill a form toggle in the off position
The registration form toggle in the off position
  1. Enter a Form title (e.g., "Registration for our session").
  2. Under Quick Add from Suggestions, click + next to any suggested fields to add them (Full Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Company / Organization, Job Title, LinkedIn Profile URL, What brings you here?, How did you hear about us?).
  3. To add a custom question, click + Add question and enter your question text.
The registration form builder showing a Form title field, Quick Add from Suggestions with suggested fields, and an Add question option for custom questions
The registration form builder with suggested fields and custom question option

Prepare session polls (optional)

Build polls in advance so you can launch them at the right moment during your session. Polls appear in the Session Polls section at the bottom of the creation form.

The Session Polls section showing an empty state with a message to add a poll to prepare for your session, and an Add Poll button
The Session Polls section before any polls have been added
  1. Click + Add Poll.
  2. Enter a Question for your audience.
  3. Select the poll type: Multiple Choice (one answer) or Multi-Select (multiple answers).
  4. Enter your options. Click + Add Option to add more, or click the delete icon to remove one.
  5. Under Timing, choose Timed and set a Close after duration in seconds, or choose No timer to close the poll manually.
  6. Under Anonymity, choose Named (votes are attributed) or Anonymous (votes are hidden).
  7. Under Results, choose Show Live (results update in real time) or Reveal After Close (results hidden until the poll ends).
  8. Click Save Poll.
The poll builder showing a Question field, Multiple Choice and Multi-Select toggle, two option fields with an Add Option link, Timing set to Timed with a 60-second close after value, Anonymity set to Named, Results set to Show Live, and Save Poll and Cancel buttons
The poll builder with question, options, timing, anonymity, and results settings

Publish and share

  1. Review your session details and click Create Call ✓ to publish.
  2. Copy the session link from the confirmation page to share via email, messaging, or your community.

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