This tutorial will show you how to connect to Zoom. If you’d like to learn how to connect to other platforms, please refer to our other articles.
To run the interactions, StreamAlive must establish a connection to the meeting. This connection allows the StreamAlive bot to access the meeting chat and retrieve messages, which are then transmitted to the StreamAlive application. Subsequently, the application turns the given text into visual interactions such as polls, word clouds, and more. This makes it easy for the audience to engage and also saves the presenter from having to explain how to use an off-platform app.
With that being said, let us dive into the steps:
1. On the homepage, click on the “ Sessions” tab on the left-side menu.
2. Click on the “+ Add session” button on the top-right corner of the page to schedule a meeting.
Once you’re on the Sessions page, you can view all your past sessions completed as well as the upcoming sessions which you can schedule by using the “+ Add session” button on the top-right corner of the page.
To proceed to the next step, let us schedule a meeting.
3. A pop-up window will appear showing you the supported platforms. Click on “Zoom”.
4. Next, you will be required to enter your meeting details.
Online meetings typically involve details such as the meeting date and time, the platform or software being used (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet), the meeting agenda or topics to be discussed, any presentations that will be shared, and instructions for joining the meeting (such as a meeting link or ID/password).
For this step:
Type in the meeting/session title.
Enter the meeting link.
If you need help finding the meeting link, please refer to our article on “How to find the Zoom meeting link”Enter the date and time of the upcoming session
Click on the “Schedule Session” button
Please also note that if you have not decided on the date and time of the session, you can always enter something initially, and edit it when you’ve decided by clicking on the “Edit” button next to the scheduled session.
6. With this, your session has been scheduled. The next step is to create or add a presentation. Your presentation contains your polls, word clouds, spinner wheels, and other interactions that are powered through StreamAlive using the chat. By connecting your presentation with your meeting session, streamalive knows that the audience is voting in the poll you created or in the word cloud question you prepared.
To add or create a presentation, click on the “+ Add presentation” button.
7. A pop-up will appear. You can choose:
To use an existing presentation click on the “select” button next to it.
To create a new presentation using ready-made templates, click on the “Choose template” option.
To create a blank canvas presentation, click “No, thanks” and continue.
8. Once the presentation is ready, you can choose to:
present it immediately by clicking on the “Present” button at the top-right corner of the screen, or
present it later by saving it using the “save” button at the top-right side of the screen and then go to the “Sessions” tab at the left-hand side menu of the home page to present it when needed.
For this tutorial, we will present it immediately to show you the subsequent steps.
Please ensure that you have the Zoom meeting started in another tab before clicking on the “Present” button. If you have clicked on the “Present” button before starting the meeting, the StreamAlive bot will fail to join and you will be taken back to the “Sessions” page where you can click on the “Present” button to reconnect.
9. StreamAlive will open a new tab showing the live Presentation screen, and will let you know that the StreamAlive bot is trying to connect to your meeting.
10. Switch to your Zoom meeting tab. Most meeting platforms require you to admit the StreamAlive bot manually. Different platforms have different UIs for this but in Zoom, if the waiting room is enabled, you’ll get a notification at the top of the screen with the option to admit the StreamAlive bot.
11. Once the bot is admitted, a message will pop up in the chat confirming that it has successfully been added to the meeting.
12. Once completed, use the share screen option in Zoom to share the tab of StreamAlive live presentation screen with your audience. It’s just like sharing a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation.
13. With this, you have successfully connected StreamAlive to Zoom.
To learn about how the interactions work, check out our articles by clicking here.