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III. Voice Focus
I. Muting Attendees / Turning Off Webcams
Only a Meeting Administrator or Collaborator can mute attendees and / or turn off webcams.
As an Administrator or Collaborator of a meeting, the ability to mute one or all attendees can be a useful tool to help minimize distractions. Follow these steps to mute or turn off webcams of all or one attendee (the ability to unmute or turn on the camera is not available):
While in a Spotlight meeting, click on Attendees (tab in the Navigation Panel)
All Attendees in the meeting will be displayed in the Navigation Panel
To take action on all attendees
Click Mute All to mute all attendees; all microphone icons will turn red with a slash through it
Click Turn off all webcams to turn off everyone's cameras; all camera icons will turn red with a slash through it
To take action on individual attendees
The microphone or camera icons will not display if the attendee is not muted or their camera is on
To mute or turn off webcam, hover the mouse over the attendee and a grey microphone (or camera) will appear
Click on the microphone icon to mute the individual
Click on the camera icon to turn off the individual's camera
The microphone and camera icons will display as red with a slash through it if the individual is muted or their webcam off
II. Keyboard Shortcuts
Spotlight meeting attendees can use the following shortcuts while in a meeting.
Camera: turn camera on or off
Mac: ⌘ (command) + Shift + v
Windows: CTRL + alt + c
Microphone: turn microphone on or off
Mac: ⌘ (command) + Shift + m
Windows: CTRL + alt + m
III. Voice Focus
Voice Focus can be used to reduce background noise when in a meeting.
To enable Voice Focus:
Click on the arrow next to the microphone icon to see options
Ensure it says Voice Focus enabled with a checkmark
If Voice Focus is not enabled, it will say Enable Voice Focus without a checkmark - click those words and voice focus will be enabled
IV. Using AirPods in Spotlight
AirPods can be used in a Spotlight meeting by doing the following:
Click on the arrow next to the microphone icon to see options
Click AirPods from the pop-up menu
The AirPods option will only appear if AirPods are active
If more than one AirPods option is displayed, choose either - both will work
Note: AirPods work best if Voice Focus is not enabled.
To disable Voice Focus:
Click the arrow next to the microphone icon to see options
If enabled, click on Voice Focus enabled
This will uncheck the option and the words will change to Enable Voice Focus (without a checkmark)
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