Webcam viewing and recording updates

The release contains three updates:

• Viewers now see (up to) 5 webcams at a time
• Ability to omit viewer webcams from recordings (Premium Tier option)
• Save user names now sorts by last name 

Viewers see (up to) 5 webcams at a time

To enable more users to share webcams, and to reduce the likelihood that viewers on lower bandwidth get disconnected, viewers now see (up to) 5 webcams at a time, with the ability to page through available webcam streams.

This change does not affect instructors (moderators): instructors still see all webcams (up to 25). 

For example, in a session with 8 webcams, viewers (students) would see five webcams at a time at the top, with left/right arrows to view the other webcams.

The instructor would see all 8 webcams.

Ability to omit viewer webcams from recordings (Premium Tier option)

If you are on Premium Tier hosting and do not want viewer webcams to appear in recordings, e-mail us a support@blindsidenetworks.com and we'll make this change to your account.

This change does not affect sharing of webcams in a session, it only changes whether the viewer (student) webcams will appear in the recording.

Save user names sorts by last name

To make it easier for K12 teachers to check attendance, as a moderator when you choose Save user names from the gear icon

the download file now contains a second listing of students sorted by last name.  Here's an example of how this now appears:

List of users in meeting Test Session at 9/16/2020:6:44:36 PM
Sorted by first name:
alex green
frank dunn
kye bowman

Sorted by last name:
kyle bowman
frank dunn
alex green