Set up video discussions in the Overview page

Schedule your video discussion and configure the desired settings including the discussion type, and language and translation settings.

Prerequisites:

You must be an Admin, or a Power User, Author, or Video Discussions User with the Can schedule Video interviews and manage projects permission to complete this task.

  1. Open the Surveys app and select your video discussion activity.
  2. In the Setup tab, click the Setup button.
    Result: The Video Discussions Overview page is displayed.
  3. Click New Interview.
  4. In Date & Time, enter or select the date and time when the video discussion will occur.
  5. In Respondent Location, select the country where the majority of respondents are located.
  6. Optional: In Interview Name, enter a name for the video discussion.
    The interview name will be used throughout Surveys and in any calendar invites for the video discussion downloaded by participants. If you do not provide a name the auto-generated ID for the video discussion will be used. This may make it more difficult for you to select the correct video discussion session when you invite participants, and calendar invites will not include an interview name.
  7. Click Additional Settings and customize the following, as necessary:
    • Interview Duration: Select a duration between 15 minutes and over 180 minutes.
    • Interview Type: Select the style of video discussion and number of participants, ranging from an in-depth interview with 1 participant to a focus group with 8 participants.
    • Translation Type: Select from consecutive translation where the translator is part of the video discussion and translates between the moderator and the participant, or simultaneous translation where the translator is not part of the video discussion. No translation is the default setting.
    • Interview Language: Select the language the video discussion will be conducted in.
      Note: The user interface language for Video Discussions, displayed to participants, does not change based on the Interview Language setting. The user interface language depends on the user's web browser language setting.
    • Translation Language: Select the language the video discussion will be translated to.
  8. Click Create.
  • After you schedule a video discussion, you need to invite participants to attend the session.
  • Once the video discussion is created, manage the project settings to blur interview recordings, use pseudonyms, or adjust other meeting room settings.