April 2020 Release Notes

This new release will allow you to easily communicate information to your attendees about connecting to a virtual event or specific sessions. With a single click, they will be able to join your virtual webinars or meetings with Zoom, Jitsi, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, YouTube, Twitch, Webex or others.

New Event Virtual Space

New Event Virtual Space: A new section called “Virtual event” has been added to Event manager > Your event > Event > Event Information . If you intend to use an online platform as the main online tool for your event such as Zoom, Youtube Live, Webex or others for this session, enter the information in this section and click “Save”. This information will be displayed on the home page of the event website and the “Event Guide” mobile application.

Note: You can use the “Visibility” field to decide if the link will appear for everyone (Public) or only for the registered attendees (Event attendees).

Event Manager > Your event > Event > Event Information
Grenadine Event Website with a Virtual Event turned on

New Sessions Virtual Space

New Session Virtual Space: In the Session detail panel, a new section called “Virtual Session” has been added to Event manager -> Your event -> Schedule -> Schedule . If you intend to use an online platform as the main online tool for your event such as Zoom, Youtube Live, Webex or others for this session, enter the information in this section and click “Save”. This information will be displayed on the session detail page of the event website and the “Event Guide” mobile application.

Note: You can use the “Visibility” field to decide if the link will appear for everyone (Public), only for the registered attendees (Event attendees), only to the attendees signed up to the session (Session attendees), or only to organizers (Organizer).

Event Manager > Your event > Schedule > Schedule
Grenadine Event Website with a Virtual Session turned on

A complete video conference solution integrated into Grenadine

Grenadine now includes a video conference tool: in the event virtual space section (Event manager > Your event > Event > Event Information ) and in the “Virtual Space” tab of each session (Event manager > Your event > Schedule > Session detail panel ) you will see a new entry in the list of virtual space providers called Grenadine Jisti. Grenadine has integrated the jitsi video conferencing solution. It is a secure video conferencing solution allowing you to transform your physical event to an online virtual experience.

Screenshot below: a virtual session using the new Grenadine video conferencing tool
Screenshot below: how to use the new video conference tool for a virtual session
Screenshot below: how the public can join a virtual session using the new Grenadine video conference tool

A new virtual room for event organizers

Virtual Conference Room: Event organizers can also benefit from this new video conference tool for their own use with other event organizers, speakers, or providers etc. A new menu item called “Virtual Room” allows you to initiate a video conference with a simple click.