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Users Menu

Communication Settings and Current Users

This article covers the Users Menu including how to access it, what you'll find, and how to use it to see everyone in the world, teleport to a person, raise your hand, or perform safety actions.

Keep reading to learn about:

circleCheckWhat's the Users Menu?

circleCheckOpening the Users Menu

circleCheckChanging Self Controls

circleCheckViewing or Changing Communication Settings for the Entire World

circleCheckUsing the Current Users Tab

circleCheckShowing or Hiding the Current Users Tab

 


 

What is the Users Menu?

The Users Menu currentUsers shows everyone in the world with you and contains actions students and Moderators can perform. It helps people find each other in the world and update personal and world settings. You can access the Users Menu from the floating button on the right side of your screen. The button will always display the total number of users currently in the world.

Users Menu Button

The Users Menu contains two tabs: Overview and Current Users.

If the Current Users tab is not shown, access may have been disabled by your school. Moderators can enable or disable the Current Users tab.

The Overview Tab

Moderators can:
  • Use Broadcast Mode or Broadcast and Record.
  • Share their screen.
  • Update communication settings for the entire world like Camera or Microphone Access.
  • Turn on or manage Breakout Groups.
  • View and manage the Raised Hands Queue.

All users can:
  • Pin their own video.
  • Turn their camera on/off.
  • Mute/unmute their mic.
  • Raise their hand and see the raise hand queue.
  • View the world's current communication settings.
  • View the Breakout Group they are currently in.
Users Menu - Overview Tab - Admin Users Menu - Overview Tab - Student Non Admin
The Current Users Tab

Moderators can:
  • Spotlight a user.
  • Revoke a user's Camera or Microphone Access.
  • Broadcast or Broadcast and Record a user.
  • Teleport to a user.
  • Teleport a user to them.
  • Perform Safety Actions.

All users can:
  • Pin another user's video.
  • Raise Hand.
  • Teleport directly to someone.
  • Mute another user's audio for themselves (others will still be able to hear the user).
  • Access a user's profile, send a message or friend request, report, or block a user.
Users Menu - Current Users Tab - Admin Users Menu - Current Users Tab - Student Non Admin

As a teacher, the Users Menu allows you to multi-task and have both chat (on the left) and classroom tools (on the right) open.

 


 

Accessing and Using the Users Menu

To Open the Users Menu:
  1. Click the floating Users Menu currentUsers button on the right side of your screen. The button will always display a count of users currently in the world.

    Users Menu Button
  2. The Users Menu currentUsers will open on the right side of your screen. You will see tabs for Overview and Current Users. If Current Users is not visible, it may have been disabled by a Moderator.

    Users Menu - Overview tab selected

 

To Adjust Self Controls from the Users Menu:
  1. Open the Users Menu currentUsers.
  2. In the Self Controls section of the Overview tab, you can click:
    • Pin Video pin to increase the size of your own video tile.
    • Microphone micOn to mute or unmute your microphone.
    • Camera videoOn to turn your camera on or off.
    • Broadcast broadcast and choose an option to Broadcast or Broadcast and Record your video. Broadcast and Broadcast and Record are typically only available to admins like Moderators. Learn more about using 
    • Share Screen screenshare to share your screen. Share Screen is typically only available to admins like Moderators.
    • Raise Hand pan to add your name to the Raised Hands Queue. The option to Raise Hand can be disabled by Moderators.
    Users Menu - Overview Tab - Self Controls - Admin

 

To View or Adjust Communication Settings from the Users Menu:
  1. Open the Users Menu currentUsers.
  2. In the Settings section of the Overview tab, students and non admins can view the current status of each setting.

    Users Menu - Overview Tab - Settings - Admin Users Menu - Overview Tab - Settings - Student Non Admin
    Admin View Student View
  3. From here, Moderators can toggle on or off:
    • Breakout Mode: Toggle on to assign users to Breakout Groups. Toggle off to turn Breakout Mode off.
    • Microphone Access: Toggle on to allow users to freely use their microphone. Toggle off to mute all microphones and prevent users from unmuting.
    • Camera Access: Toggle on to allow users to freely use their camera. Toggle off to turn off all cameras and prevent users from turning their camera on.

Learn more about using Breakout Mode.

 

To View or Use the Current Users list:
  1. Open the Users Menu currentUsers.
  2. Click the Current Users tab. If Current Users is not visible, it may have been disabled by a Moderator.

    Users Menu - Current Users Tab selected
  3. To find a specific user, scroll the list, type their name in filter Filter, or click the dropdown to view users in different Landmark Zones.
  4. From here, all users can choose:
    • Pin pin under your name or another user's name to expand that user's video tile.
    • Raise Hand pan under your name to add your name to the Raised Hands Queue.
    • Mute speakersOn under another user's name to mute that person's audio. This only mutes the user for the person doing this action. Others will still be able to hear the user.
    • Teleport teleport to instantly move to that user's location.
    • Your own name to:
      • Change your Availability.
      • Change your Mood.
      • profile View Profile to view your profile.
    • Another user's name to:
      • profile View Profile.
      • messages Send Message to send a direct message.
      • addPerson Add Friend.
      • report Report User.
      • ban Block User.
    Users Menu - Current Users Tab - Student Non Admin
  5. Additionally, Moderators can choose:
    • Grant Admin Permissions adminOff to make the user an admin in the world.
    • Audio Settings speakersOn and choose:
      • speakersOn Mute for Me to mute that person's audio. This only mutes the user for the person doing this action. Others will still be able to hear the user.
      • speakersOn Turn Off Microphone to mute the user for everyone. The user can freely unmute.
      • speakersOff Disable Microphone to mute the user and revoke their Microphone Access. The user will not be able to unmute unless Microphone Access is granted by an admin.
    • Camera Settings videoOn and choose:
      • videoOn Turn Off Camera to turn off the user's camera. The user can freely turn their camera back on.
      • videoOff Disable Camera to turn off the user's camera and revoke their Camera Access. The user will not be able to turn their camera back on unless Camera Access is granted by an admin.
    • Broadcast broadcast to place yourself or another user on Broadcast.
    • Record record to start recording your video or another user's video.
    • Teleport User to My Location teleportToMe to move the user to your location in the world. To move multiple users or all users:
      • Click the check boxes to the right of the users' names. Click Select All at the bottom to select all users in the world.
      • At the bottom, click Teleport to Me teleportToMe to move the selected users to your location in the world or Teleport to Landmark Zone location to move the users to a Landmark Zone.
    • Safety Actions moderation and choose:
      • remove Remove User from World to instantly remove the user. The user will be able to rejoin.
      • banChannels Ban User from Chat Channels to revoke the user's ability to send messages in Chat Channels. The user will still be able to view messages in the Chat Channels. They must be unbanned by a Moderator to send messages in Chat Channels.
      • banWorld Ban User from World to remove the user from the world and revoke their access. The user will not be able to rejoin until they are unbanned by a Moderator.
    Users Menu - Current Users Tab - Admin

Detailed instructions for Moderators, Managers, and world Owners can be found in the Moderation Handbook.

 

To Enable or Disable the Current Users Tab:

Moderators, Managers, and world Owners can change this setting.

  1. In the left sidebar, click World Settings settings → General User Controls.
  2. In the Capacity & Current Users section under Show 'Current Users' tab:
    • Toggle On to make the Current Users tab (formerly known as the 'Current Users List') visible to everyone
    • Toggle Off to hide the Current Users tab for all non-admins like students. Moderators and world admins will still have access.
    World Settings - General User Controls - Show Current Users