Create a Circle and Add Members

In this guide we’ll show you how to get started with Circles by creating a Circle and adding members. A Circle is a group of people that has its own CircleSpace™️, and each of the members has a personal join link that works like a password for the interactive video space.

STEP 1: Creating a Circle

  1. Go to your My.Circles dashboard by logging in at my.circl.es , and click “Circles” in the top menu to access your list of Circles.
  2. Click the blue “Create a new circle” button to the right of the list of Circles to create a new one.
  1. Enter a name for your new Circle, and an optional description if you wish. Then click “Continue to add participants” to add members to the Circle.

STEP 2: Add Members to the Circle

  1. Add the first name, last name and email address of the person you want to add.
  2. Click “Add another member” to add multiple people at the same time. When done, click “I’ve added everyone” and then “Finish” on the following page.
  1. The new members now show up on your Circle overview.

Cursor Functions

When you move your cursor over your own video stream, you will be able to use the following functions:

Moving your cursor over someone else’s video stream, you will be able to use the three functions in the middle: 

Using the button at 11 o’clock, you can mute someone else’s audio, in case they forgot to do it themselves. Only they can unmute themselves.

Using the button at 12 o’clock, you can spotlight someone, or remove them from the spotlight.

Using the button at 1 o’clock, you can raise someone else’s hand. An example of when we might use this is when someone else is speaking and we know that a person has something important to contribute to the topic.

Are you interested in learning more about how we make use of these cursor functions within a session? Learn about how we use the spotlight together with the random order in our article on Buttons.