The Sidebar in Your Event Room

The sidebar of your event room can be customized according to your needs for your events. We'll show you how to choose your settings and explain to you what the different tabs are.

Customize the Sidebar#

You can customize the tabs that will be displayed on your sidebar. Indeed, you can choose to enable the tabs you need or disable the tabs that won't be necessary during your event.

Directly from your Event room settings, you'll be able to:

• Enable/Disable Chat tab

• Enable/Disable Questions tab. You can choose between enabling:

  • Public questions

  • Private questions (only visible by team members & guest speakers).

• Enable/Disable Polls tab

• Hide/Show the People tab

• Hide/Show your attendees last names

• Allow attendees to download shared PDF presentations (by default, they're not downloadable).

The Chat Tab#

If the Chat tab is enabled, it will be public. It means that everyone in the room will be able to see the messages.

There are 2 tabs in the Chat tab:

• Everyone: this chat is visible by everyone in the room

• Moderators: only team members & guest speakers can access this chat

In the Chat tab, you can:

1Write messages

2Send emojis

3Send Dropbox and Google Drive links

4Delete a message by clicking on the ••• icon next to the message

5Block someone by clicking on the ••• icon next to the message

6Invite someone to participate by clicking on the ••• icon next to the message

7Mention someone by typing "@" and the name of the participant (e.g. @SarahMartin)

8Send a GIF by clicking the GIF option. You first need to activate the option in your event room settings.

The Questions Tab#

The Questions tab is very useful as everyone can ask questions and they're all gathered at the same place allowing you not to miss any of them. You can either answer live or write an answer, and you can also order the questions.

The questions will be available to everyone in the room if you've enabled "Public questions", otherwise only team members and guest speakers will be able to see them.

Asking a question#

In the Questions Tab, everyone in the room can ask questions by clicking on Ask new question and Upvote the questions.

Answering a Question#

You can answer the questions in 2 ways:

1. Answer live while you're participating

2. Write your answer in the dedicated space

1. Answer live while you're participating#

1Click on Start live answer.

2A popup window will be displayed in the room showing the question being answered live. The popup window can be minimized.

3A message will be displayed under the questions in the Questions tab telling your attendees who "is answering live" and will switch to "has answered live" once you've clicked on I'm done answering.

2. Write your answer in the dedicated space#

1Click on the Type your answer field and start writing your answer.

2Once done, click on the Send button (or CTRL/ ⌘ + Enter).

3Your message will then be displayed to your attendees.

4You can edit it again if you need to by clicking on the ⋮ icon next to the answer.

Ordering the Questions#

For better question management purposes, you can order the questions by:

• Date

• Upvotes

• Not answered

Ordering the questions will help you manage them as you like, for example:

• if you want to answer chronologically (first arrived, first served): order them by "Date"

• if there are a lot of questions (you won't be able to answer them all): order them by "Upvotes"

• if you don't want to miss any (you want to please everyone): order them by "Not answered"

The Polls Tab#

During your event, you might need to ask a question through a poll to all your participants and gather all their answers. 

In this section, we're going to show you how to:

• Create a New Poll

• Publish a Saved Poll

• Answer a Poll

• Check Poll results

Create a New Poll#

1Click on Add a poll

2Create a New poll.

3Enter your question.

4Enter the options (click on Add option if you need more fields).

5Choose the settings of your poll.

6You can either Save as draft to publish it later or Send poll directly.

7You can then Publish (if you saved it as draft)/ Unpublish (if you've published it)/ Edit/ Delete poll by clicking on the ⋮ next to the question.

Publish a Saved Poll#

We save all your previously added polls so you can easily publish them in future sessions or events.

1Click on Add a poll

2Select your saved poll.

3If you have many saved polls, you can search for one or order them.

4Click on Add 1 draft poll.

5You can then Publish/ Edit/Delete poll by clicking on the ⋮ next to the question.

Answer a Poll#

Everyone in the room can answer a poll. To do so, they need to:

1Select their answer(s).

2Click on Submit vote.

Poll Results#

Team members & guest speakers have a different view of the poll results than attendees. Indeed, they can see how many people voted and how many votes there are on each answer, while attendees only see the % of answers.

Team members & guest speakers can click on the " eye icon" to see the results without voting themselves.

In this example, 3 people voted in total. And, as it was a multiple-choice question, there are more than 3 answers in total.

Team members & guest speakers view:

Attendees view:

The People Tab#

The people tab is a list of all the registrants, team members, and guest speakers that entered the event room.

You can hide/show this tab to your attendees but it will always be visible by team members & guest speakers.

From the People tab you can:

• See who is connected and disconnected (they left the room)

• Check who is participating as people that are participating have a red circle around their avatar

• Verify if people that are participating have their cam enable/disabled and their mic muted/unmuted

• Distinguish team members from guest speakers thanks to the tags next to their names (no tag means they are attendees)

• Block someone or Invite to participate by clicking on the ⋮ next to their name

Team members & guest speakers' view:

Attendees' view:

Externalize the Sidebar#

To be able to externalize the sidebar of your event room, you first need to enable the External Sidebar app from your App marketplace.

• Enable the External Sidebar App in your Event Room

• Externalize Your Sidebar on Another Device or Window

Enable the External Sidebar App in your Event Room#

1Go to the App marketplace either from your dashboard or by clicking on the Apps icon inside your event room.

From your dashboard:

From your event room:

2Click on the External Sidebar card you want to enable.

3Enable the app.

4Your External Sidebar app is now activated in your event room! 🎉

Externalize Your Sidebar on Another Device or Window#

1Click on the Apps button and then select External Sidebar.

2Log in to your Livestorm account from your mobile/tablet.

3Scan the QR code displayed in the sidebar with your mobile/tablet (or click on Open the sidebar in a new window if you just need a second window).

4The sidebar shows up on your mobile/tablet. You can then use all the sidebar buttons like on the sidebar in the event room (except the Apps button).

Mute all Notification Sounds#

You can mute all the notification sounds directly from your sidebar. Just click on the bell icon. 😉

Close the Sidebar#

To close your sidebar, simply click on the X at the top right corner of it.