Question 1

Video Layouts

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SignalWire Work allows the moderator to choose the most appropriate video layout for the room type. SignalWire is in real time, therefore layouts are in the same arrangement for every participant in the conference.

Below are some descriptions of the video layouts available in SignalWire Work:

Highlight 1 Speaker - Automatically enlarges video of the participant that is actively speaking while surrounded by the other participants' smaller videos. The layout role can be set to "Guest 1" to lock a user into the Active Speaker position.

Grid - lines up participants equally across room (a la The Brady Brunch) The Grid layout is automatic and does not require a role to be set.

Watch Party - Can be used when jointly watching an MP4 file or YouTube URL played into the conference, or to put focus on a screen share or presenter. The layout role can be set to "Main Content" to lock a user or video into the Watch Party position.

Question 2

SignalWire Work Administrator Guide

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Congratulations on your decision to embrace SignalWire, a new collaboration tool that goes beyond ordinary conferencing to new paradigms of remote work, enabling new applications for video communication, and even broadcast quality podcasting.

What is an Administrator?

Each role on SignalWire (User, Moderator, Room Manager, Room Moderator, and Administrator) has innate permissions within the system. Users are able to be granted more than one role or join with no role as a guest. Administrators are able to make global changes like creating new users and rooms, granting roles, configuring room settings, and more. Administrators are not able to use in-room Moderator controls unless they are also granted the role of Moderator. This guide includes the following topics:

User Types
Creating Users
Granting Roles
Configuring the Home Screen
Creating Rooms
Creating Groups
Inviting Users Into a Room
Calling participants using the Dialer
Integrations
Security models
Deployment scenarios
Administrator login
Global tab
Users tab
Rooms tab
ClipEEze tab
Recordings tab
Sending system alert messages (intercom)

Before You Get Started

To best utilize this guide, it is helpful to have handy the following:

Your SignalWire Work domain (e.g., demo.cantina.video)
Your administrator credentials (username / password) to authenticate.

Question 3

Sending System Alert Messages (Intercom)

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As an administrator, you can send audio alerts to all rooms simultaneously. Use cases for this intercom feature include:

Emergencies affecting one or more office locations
Outages of critical internal services
Reminding employees of the start of a company meeting or event

To send a system alert using the intercom feature:

Ensure you are logged in an administrator. Guest users cannot send system alerts using the intercom feature.
From the dialer, enter "intercom" (instead of a normal room name).
Once you enter the intercom function, click the keypad icon
When prompted, be prepared to speak your message and press #. You will be given the option to press 1 to send the recording, 2 to review it, or 3 to rerecord it.
Once you press 1, the message will be broadcast, along with an alert tone, to all rooms with active participants — except those rooms where the moderator has set "avoid interruptions" from the Rooms tab in the Settings submenu.

Question 4

How to access Video Layouts

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SignalWire allows moderators to choose the most appropriate video layout for the room or conference type. To access the video layouts as a moderator:

Click on More

Click on Video Layout. The Canvas Layout, Video Quality, Layout Mode, Motion Quality and Motion Quality Inbound can be changed.

By clicking on the drop-down menu for Canvas Layout, all possible layouts will be available.

Click on the X in the top right corner to close and go back to room after selecting layout (and any other options)

Question 5

Calling participants using the Dialer

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Administrators can call other administrators directly from the dialer by dialing @ followed by the name of the user they are trying to contact. For example, an administrator would enter "@Abbi" to call Abbi.

Calling usernames will only work if that user is:

currently logged onto SignalWire Work
in a room or waiting on the Home Screen

When called by username, users will hear the sound of a telephone ringing and see a notification that you are calling them. They will be given the option to accept or decline. If the user accepts, SignalWire Work will automatically create a new room by the name of that user.

Calling users by username will create a direct 1:1 call that behaves differently than a conference room. The call will not be previewed on the Home Screen and there are different controls displayed on the Main Menu.

Transfer
Click the arrow icon in the Main Menu to transfer to a different number or a conference. Click the "attended transfer" check box to place the call on hold before you make a transfer. Attended transfers are helpful in use cases where you need time to quickly catch a coworker up to date on a case before sending a customer their way.

Dialer Pad
The dialer icon will open up a number pad which can be used on calls that require you to enter digits, for example, IVR's that require you to enter a number to move on to the next prompt.

Hold
Click the pause icon to put the call on hold; clicking it again will take

Question 6

Rooms

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Like a physical office, SignalWire Work also has the concept of different rooms in its virtual office environments.

In SignalWire Work, a room is where people gather. Most rooms are like physical conference rooms where people speak collaboratively in meetings.

In addition, there are also concepts in rooms that are more like "open offices" where people choose to sit in the same place but are working independently. SignalWire Work features a capability called “Do not disturb” where people establish their presence in the room, but cannot hear or be heard unless they want to join in or if someone “knocks” on their screen.

There are also room types, which include studios for podcasts, or even fun spaces where people can watch videos together at a distance.

Like a physical room, room moderators can "lock the door," preventing other participants from entering. Similarly, room moderators can set a PIN to restrict entry.

In SignalWire Work, rooms can have a name or even an extension number for easy telephone dial-ins.

Just like a physical office, some rooms can be made visible to others. For example, during an "open house," it might be useful to direct external visitors to certain meetings by advertising those rooms on the Home Screen.

Home Screen

Just as certain influencers in a physical office like to "walk the halls," th

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