Stage is where the sessions, talks, and presentations are set to happen. The stage comes with an exclusive backstage for speakers and organizers where they can orchestrate the different segments of a session, test audio and video quality, test slides, and other elements. You can also enable chat, polls, Q&A, and many other options to boost audience engagement in the event.

Setting up a new stage

To set up your stage:
Go to Zone Setup > Stage.
Turn on the Stage toggle button on the left navigation.
Click +Add New Stage button. On the pop-up modal, enter the basic stage details.
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Enter a Stage Name of up to 50 characters.
Enter a brief Description of the stage (maximum 150 characters).
Click Save. This takes you to the Stage Setup page, where you can customize the stage design, add an introductory video, enable/disable additional features and take other actions.
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You can design the stage according to your brand and customize it for your business. A stage comprises the following elements:
Design
Intro Video
Functionality
Breakout

Intro Video

An Intro Video is the experience video for the stage and is played for attendees when they enter the stage for the first time. You can either choose from the list of available intro videos on the Zuddl dashboard or upload your own. The recommended format is a 1920*1080 resolution, .mp4 file with a maximum size of 6 GB.
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Functionality

Zuddl provides a number of additional interactivity features that can be added to the stage to make sessions more engaging such as chat, QnA, polls, multilingual support, caption support, and a few others.

Chat

On a stage, Chat allows attendees to communicate with each other and also with the speakers and organizers. The Moderate Chat option lets you publish chat messages only after approval.

Q&A

Q&A option allows attendees to post questions and upvote on questions posted by others. Similar to moderated chats, the Moderate Q&A option allows questions to be published only after the organizer approves them.

Polls

Lets you launch polls/quizzes which attendees can respond to during an event.

Request to Join

This option gives attendees the option to request the organizer for joining the live session on video on stage (instead of attending only as a spectator). Upon the organizer’s approval, attendees can join the stage/backstage. Organizers can remove attendees from the stage/backstage at any point.
Note: It is highly recommended to limit the number of people on stage to less than 16.

Visitors

Display the list of participants who are currently live on the stage and allow stage visitors to interact with each other.

Attach Files

Add files that are available for attendees to download.

Emojis

Allow attendees to express themselves with emojis on stage. A maximum of 5 emojis can be made available for the attendees.

Multilingual Support

This option allows attendees to switch the original incoming audio language to any language of their choice. This is done by way of real-time interpretation. Zuddl integrates with Interprefy to facilitate this feature.

Caption Support

Allow attendees to enable real-time captions for the sessions and allow them to switch languages. This requires a recapd Event Id to get real-time captions for the sessions.

RTMPS Live Streaming

This option allows you to stream videos from external sources by clicking the + Generate RTMPS Link button as shown below.
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Clicking on the + Generate RTMPS Link button, will generate an RTMPS link. These links can be used to stream external video into your stage.

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Breakout Rooms

Speakers/organizers can divide attendees into Breakout Rooms to conduct group activities during a session. Learn more about Breakout Room.
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