This article will cover the "Live Configuration" tab of "Class Details". This page allows users to control settings for the classroom. As the name of this tab implies, these settings tend to impact the live classroom experience. These options can be enabled or disabled by toggling their corresponding checkbox. Below is a screenshot of an example classroom's "Live Configuration" tab.
Any options that are greyed out are ones that have been locked by a Super Admin. To toggle the status on these, a Super Admin would need to be involved.
Once you are done making any changes, be sure to click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom of the page.
We'll now review each setting:
- Maximum number of seats per table - This slider allows you to set the maximum number of students who can be seated at a table.
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Attendance Configuration - This section allows you to set values related to how attendance is calculated:
- Attendance ratio - Use this dropdown to select the percentage of a session the learner must have been present in order to be counted as having attended.
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LMS Configuration - This section allows you to configure settings related to this classroom's integration with your LMS. Note: This section only appears if the classroom was created via LMS integration.
- Skip roster sync with LMS - When an Instructor accesses the classroom from their LMS, Engageli will automatically retrieve the list of all users enrolled in the course and populate that into the classroom roster. Enabling this setting will instruct our system to skip this mechanism.
- Upload class attendance to LMS - Enabling this setting will instruct our system to regularly calculate learner attendance and push the score into the LMS system.
- LMS attendance maximum score - This setting dictates the maximum score a learner can receive.
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LMS attendance score policy - This setting determines how learners scores are calculated. We currently offer 2 methods:
- Pass/Fail - This method will instruct our system to either give the learner a Pass or a Fail for their score; partial credit would not be applicable. For a Pass, we'll send the maximum allowable score.
- Percentage - This method will instruct our system to give the learner a percentage-based score. Partial credit is applicable with this method.
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LMS attendance no-show policy: This setting determines what to do if the learner receives a Fail for their score. We offer 2 options:
- Send score - If the learner receives a Fail for the assignment, we'll send a score of 0 to the LMS gradebook.
- Send nothing - If the learner receives a Fail for the assignment, we'll won't send anything to the LMS.
- Minimum polls participation for engagement credit - Set how many polls a learner must answer during a session to fulfill the poll‑response portion of their attendance requirement.
- Allow screen shares at tables - Allows learners to share their their screen with their table. Unlike class screenshares, where Instructor approval is required before the learner can begin sharing their screen, table screenshares do not require Instructor approval.
- Allow hybrid groups - Control the ability to turn on allow hybrid groups.
- Enable waiting room - This will place all learners joining the classroom into a Waiting Room. Learners in the waiting room will see a message letting them know that will need to wait until they are admitted. Instructors and TA already in the classroom will see a menu that allows them to selectively admit learners. Click here to learn more about this feature.
- Record podium videos - Enabling his option will result in the webcam video of any learners on the podium to be included in the class recording. With this option disabled, the class recording will instead only display the learner's name.
- Record gallery - When enabled, this setting allows the Class Gallery tab to be included in the class recording. Note: This feature is not supported in multi‑stack environments. If enabled there, any attempt to record the Class Gallery will result in a black box appearing in the final recording.
- Start recording automatically - Recording of the class session will automatically start as soon as an Instructor has joined the classroom.
- Enable class AI options - This will enable classroom features that leverage AI, such as the AI-Generated Class Summary. Note: This option does not impact AI features within the module builder.
- Allow table peek - Enabling this option will allow Instructors to quietly "peek" into tables. "Peeking" allows the Instructor to observe activity at the table, as if they were seated there, but the Instructor will not be able to speak to the table's participants. When the Instructor is peeking at a table, learners will see a message indicating the Instructor is observing tables--the specific table being observed will not be mentioned.
- Activate action tags automatically - Enabling this feature will cause Engageli to automatically activate any Action Tags that appear on the page or slide being shared. This feature is only applicable to the File Share feature, which is used to share PDF or PPTX files with the class. It does not apply to Action Tags visible in screenshares--those would need to be manually activated.
- Disable auto unmute for raised hands - Prevents users from automatically being unmuted when they raise their hand to speak from the podium.
- Auto-approve learner screen shares - Allows learners to begin a classwide screenshare without requiring approval from the Instructor. When this is disabled, Instructors will see "Decline" and "Approve" buttons when a learner attempts to share their screen with the classroom.
- Start class in table audio - Change the default audio mode for the class to Table Audio instead of Room Audio.
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Enable meeting mode - Enabling meeting mode converts the fixed podium normally displayed at the top of the classroom into a movable, resizable floating window. Participants who raise their hand will appear inside this window. Users can drag it to a different spot or adjust its size as needed, creating an experience that feels closer to a standard web‑conferencing tool. The example below shows how the floating podium appears in this mode:
Note: The floating podium can overlap parts of the main panel, which may require participants to reposition it from time to time. It's worth weighing these trade-offs when deciding whether to use meeting mode. - Allow live captions - This enables captioning services for live class sessions. When this is enabled, users who want captions to display during a live class can do so via their "Settings" area. Note that only discussion that takes place at the classroom level would be captured.
- Create transcription file (vtt) - Creates a VTT (video text track) file containing a transcription of the audio captured in the class recording. These files will appear alongside their recordings in the classroom's "Recordings" tab. Note that only discussion that takes place at the classroom level would be captured. Caution: Deleting a recording's vtt file may impact services that rely on the file, such as closed-captioning when watching the recording from the Playback Room.
- Allow anonymous chat - Allows class participants the option to send messages anonymously.
- Allow learners chat with staff only - This limits the class chat so that learners are only able to message staff members.
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View table chat - When enabled, any chat messages learners send to their tables will also appear in the Instructor's chat panel, allowing Instructors to monitor table‑level conversations. Direct messages between individual learners remain private, though they can be reviewed by downloading the full chat transcript from the Admin Portal under "Class Details" > "General" > "Download all chat". This chat download option is available only to Super Admins.
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Start in staff-only mode - When enabled, class sessions will initially be restricted only to staff members. Learners attempting to join will see the following message: "Only staff members can join the class, waiting for opening". This restriction can be removed by any Instructor already inside the classroom via the "Allow learners" button that will appear at the top of their screen or by toggling the "Restrict class access to staff only" option from the 3-dots menu at the bottom left of the screen. Below is a screenshot referencing both options:
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Link for Help Center - By default, when users inside the classroom click the "Help center" button for assistance, they'll be taken to Engageli's Help Center website. If you wish for learners clicking this link to be taken to a different website, such as your own organization's help center, input that URL here. Below is a screenshot of the corresponding "Help center" button.