The moderated event feature includes 4 types of users. Each type of user has different attributes and responsibilities during a moderated event, and has access to different features. Below is a summary of these attributes:
A user who attends a moderated event. The Standard User accesses a chat room using a nickname of their choice. When a chat room is placed in moderated mode, text submitted by a user is automatically forwarded to a Moderator for review prior to being answered by a Speaker. A user will see their submitted question in their chat window, and receive a confirmation that their question has been submitted.
2. Room Administrator:
A user who has access to the administrative controls of the chat room. The room administrator accesses a chat room using a designated admin user name and password. They are responsible for setting up the Moderator(s) and Speaker(s) for the event using the GUI Admin Console, for placing the room into moderation mode, and for turning on the transcript feature if desired. The Room Administrator also has the ability to ban or expel unwanted or obnoxious users from the chat room, to change the room greeting, invoke the profanity filter, and a variety of other important functions.
3. Moderator:
A user who is designated as an event moderator by the Room Administrator. The Moderator accesses a chat room using the user name assigned to them by the Room Administrator. To password-protect a user name that has been allocated to a Moderator, please see the User Administration instructions. Questions posed by Standard Users are automatically sent to the Moderation Console for review, editing, deleting, answering, or forwarding on to the Speaker. Although the Moderation Console will automatically display in a separate window apart from the ParaChat room when a question is submitted by a Standard User, the Moderator may also launch the window by typing the following command into the chat text field: %moderate
In a small-scale moderated event, the Moderator can also function as the Speaker. In this case, there is no need to set up both a unique Moderator name and Speaker name. Simply handle both Moderator and Speaker functions exclusively from within the Moderator's console.
4. Speaker:
A user who is designated as an event speaker by the Room Administrator. The Speaker accesses a chat room using the user name assigned to them by the Room Administrator. To password-protect a user name that has been allocated to a Speaker, please see the User Administration instructions. A speaker will receive questions that have been screened and forwarded by the Moderator into their Moderation Console. Once a screened question is received by a Speaker, the Speaker has the choice of also editing the question prior to answering it, and submitting it to the entire chat room.. Although the Moderation Console will automatically display in a separate window apart from the chat room when a question is submitted by a Moderator, the Speaker may also launch the window by typing the following command into the chat text field: %moderate .