Prompt a participant to turn their camera on or off

Who: Hosts and producers
Plan: Riverside for Business
Device: Computer browser

Hosts and Producers in a Riverside for Business account can prompt a participant to turn their camera on or off in the Studio before the recording begins or between recordings.

Turning a participant's camera off happens immediately and does not require them to approve it.

Step by step

Using a computer, log in to your account.
Join a Riverside Business Studio as Host or Producer.
Stop the recording session, if one is in progress.
In the right side menu, click People to open the sidebar.
In the sidebar, find the participant's name and click the (down arrow).
Under Input & Output, click the camera menu:
- To turn their camera off, at the bottom of the list, click No camera.
  The participant's camera turns off.
- To turn their camera on, click a camera on the list.
  
  The participant's screen displays a pop-up prompt, like in the image below. The camera only turns on after they click Allow camera change.