Functions Available from the Facilitator Main Screen

Name	Description
Return to Facilitator Main Screen	Link at top right of all facilitator screens. Click to return to or update the Facilitator Main Screen.
Select a Conference	Pull-down menu listing all conferences that a facilitator may open and edit. Express and Express Plus facilitators see only their own conferences. Pro facilitators may access all conferences in their user group(s). Administrators may access all conferences without restriction. Pro facilitators and administrators who manage several user groups will see the user group numbers preceding the conference name. Conferences are sorted by user group, assigned conference number and then alphabetically.
Use Conference Manager Activity Filter	Pro facilitators and administrators may select this checkbox and click on the Open button to apply the activity filter set in the Conference Manager (Section 24) screen (accessed via the toolbar). The activity filter is a search preference that limits the number of conferences displayed according to when they were last active; setting may be adjusted at any time and can carry through to the Select a Conference listing on the Facilitator Main Screen when this checkbox is selected. To see a full list of conferences in the pull-down menu, deselect this checkbox and click on the Open button.
Open	Button to open the conference selected in the pull-down menu. The full conference agenda will display in the Facilitator Main Screen. The open conference is referred to as the "active" conference.
Edit	Button to edit the conference selected in the pull-down menu. The Conference Editor screen will display. (Section 21)
Create New	Button to create a new conference. The Create a New Conference screen will display.
Conference Name & ID	The Facilitator Main Screen will display the Conference Name of the conference that is opened. The system ID number is also shown.
Conference Description	The Express and Express Plus Facilitator Main Screen also displays the Conference Description. This is usually omitted from Pro and Pro Plus Facilitator Main Screens to save screen space.
Who is Here	Link to open the Who is Here tracker in a new window. The Who is Here tracker lists activity in the conference by user ID within a selected period of time. The search option defaults to the past 8 hours and ranges from 5 minutes to all records. ()
Agenda	Topics added to the active conference are immediately displayed in the agenda table. Topics are listed in order of their assigned topic numbers (as seen in the agenda table) and then alphabetically.
Add Agenda Topic	Button to add a new topic to the agenda. The Create a New Topic screen displays. (Section 22)
Edit Topic Settings	Click on the pencil icon in a topic row to edit the topic settings for that topic such as the Topic Name, Topic Description and Topic Number. The Topic Editor screen displays. (Section 22)
Prepare to Vote	Click on the checkmark icon in a topic row to prepare voting ballots for that topic. The Prepare to Vote screen displays.
Enter Topic	Click on the topic mode icon to enter and begin work in a topic. The topic mode icon reflects the mode of the topic such as brainstorm, vote, results or action planning.
Topic Name links & ID	Click on the active link for a topic to enter and begin work in the topic. This is the same as clicking on the Enter Topic icon. The link may be deactivated by adjusting the topic settings. If the link for a topic has been turned off then facilitators may still enter the topic via the Enter Topic icon. The system ID number for a topic is shown to the right the Topic Name.
Enable Follow Me	Button to turn on the Follow Me function for this conference.
Disable Follow Me	Button to turn off the Follow Me function for this conference.
Follow Me to the Main Screen	Button to bring all participants active in this conference back to the main screen agenda page.