# On air: the stage, questions and polls, and ending on time > On air, the stage is in the middle with large controls under it, and one side panel in four parts: chat, questions, hands, people. The only red on screen is “Live” with its clock. Here Salim Bouzid is live with 38 students: he puts Youcef’s question on screen, Manel checks Sara’s voice and brings her on stage, he launches a quiz and shows the result, pins the exercise booklet, extends by 15 minutes and ends. The same controls serve an English tutor bringing a student up to speak, or a marketing coach answering her workshop’s questions. The Dirassa+ room isn’t open yet: until it is, every live runs on a Google Meet or Zoom link, with no studio; this lesson describes going live in the Dirassa+ room as it works once the room opens. - Time: Throughout the live - Who can do it: The host and co-host have every control; the moderator runs chat, questions, hands, pins and polls. - Updated: 2026-11-02 - URL: https://www.dirassaplus.com/en/guide/live-on-air ## In short 1. The controls on air: mic, camera, share screen, scenes, hands, stage, poll, end; “Mark this moment” and “Pin” above them. 2. “Questions”: most voted first; “On screen” shows it under the slide, “Answered” takes it off the list. 3. “Hands”: “Check voice” away from everyone, then “Bring on stage”; up to 4 guests, each with “Mute”, “Spotlight”, “Back to watching”. 4. “Poll” in two taps: ready, quick or written; students don’t see the result until “Show the result on screen”. 5. “Pin for everyone”: a link, a file, a course or a product with a buy button; one at a time. 6. Chat moderation: “Manage” on each message, links waiting for “Approve”, “Mute 10 min” or “Remove from the room”. 7. The network: the picture lowered by itself if your upload weakens, reconnecting, and a 5-minute grace if you drop. 8. The end: a warning 5 minutes before with “Extend 15 minutes”, then “End for everyone” and the end screen. ## Before you start - You are in the studio and have gone live (the “Studio before air” lesson). - If you have a moderator, agree beforehand: chat and hands for them, the teaching for you. - Polls ready if you like: they show under “Ready for this live”. - On a Meet or Zoom link (every live today), the stage, chat and raised hands are in your meeting; from the live’s page you end it with “Mark as ended”. ## The steps ### 1. The screen on air and the controls At the top, the live’s title and “Live 41:12” in red, how many are watching, the network (“Network excellent”, weak, or lost) and “Recording”. Under the stage: Settings, Mic and Camera, Share screen, Scenes, Hands (with the count of raised hands), Stage (opens the “People” tab), Poll, and End in grey, not red. Above them, a strip with the current slide, Mark this moment (“Chapter name”, say “The cart exercise”, then “Mark”: a chapter in the replay) and Pin, or what’s pinned now. Scenes and slides make their own markers; yours gives the chapter its name. On the side, one panel in four parts — “Chat”, “Questions”, “Hands”, “People” — one visible at a time. On screen: «Settings»، «Mic»، «Camera»، «Share screen»، «Scenes»، «Hands»، «Stage»، «Poll»، «End»، «Mark this moment»، «Chapter name»، «Mark»، «Pin»، «Chat»، «Questions»، «People» Tip: On a phone: “Sound”, “Flip”, “Chat”, “More” and “End”; under “More”, scenes, camera, poll, pin, mark and settings. ### 2. “Questions”: votes rank, you choose Questions shows “Most voted first” and how many are answered. Each question has its votes and author (or anonymous if you allow it), with the team’s buttons: On screen puts it as a band under the stage with the student’s name, read by all and kept in the recording; Answered takes it off the list and keeps the moment of the answer, which students jump to in the replay; Pin keeps it at the top; Hide for what doesn’t belong in the live (“Restore” brings it back). At the bottom, the “Taking questions” switch turns them off when you want to move on. The moderator can also turn a chat message into a question. On screen: «Most voted first»، «On screen»، «Answered»، «Pin»، «Hide»، «Restore»، «Taking questions» Tip: Putting a question on screen makes a marker with its name, so a chapter in the replay: whoever missed the live jumps straight to “Why is the speed squared?”. ### 3. “Hands” and “Stage”: from a raised hand to the picture In Hands, raised hands “In the order hands went up”, with how long ago. Check voice sends an invitation; if the student accepts, they go backstage: their voice and picture reach only you and your team; you see their picture (or camera off, sound only) and a meter with “Voice is clear” or “Can't hear them yet”. Then Bring on stage: everyone sees and hears them; or Not now, and their hand stays up. The stage holds 4 guests at most (or fewer per “Stage guests”); when full, the button is disabled. In People, each guest has Mute (they can unmute), Spotlight (they go large) and Back to watching. The “Learners can raise a hand” switch sits at the bottom of Hands. On screen: «Hands»، «In the order hands went up»، «Check voice»، «Voice is clear»، «Can't hear them yet»، «Bring on stage»، «Not now»، «Mute»، «Spotlight»، «Back to watching»، «Learners can raise a hand» Tip: In the English Q&A hour, Karim brings students up one by one: Wafa checks their voice, he talks with whoever is on stage. Heads-up: Raised hands and the stage work on air only: before “Go live” there is no voice check. ### 4. “Poll”: a question or a quiz in two taps Poll opens “Tap 1 of 2”: under “Ready for this live”, what you prepared, with “Launch”; “Or a new question:” offers three quick ones (“Yes / No”, “A B C D”, “1 to 5”) that you read aloud; or “Write a question”: the text (optional), 2 to 6 options, the “Right answer” or “No right answer (poll)”, then “Save and launch”. You then see how many answered, the bars and the right answer marked, with “Learners see it when you show it”. Show the result on screen puts it where the slide was, with a button back to the slide; Close stops the voting. “Earlier” shows the last three polls. Each poll launched becomes a chapter in the replay. On screen: «Poll»، «Tap 1 of 2»، «Ready for this live»، «Launch»، «Or a new question:»، «Yes / No»، «A B C D»، «1 to 5»، «Write a question»، «Right answer»، «No right answer (poll)»، «Save and launch»، «Learners see it when you show it»، «Show the result on screen»، «Close»، «Earlier» Tip: Salim asks “The speed doubles: kinetic energy…”, three options, the right one ×4. 31 of 38 answered, 74% right; he shows the result, then explains the 19% who said “doubles”. Heads-up: “Hide the result” closes the poll too: nobody can answer after that. ### 5. “Pin for everyone”: a link, a file, a course or a product Pin opens “Pin for everyone” in three parts: Link (a title, say this week’s exercise set, and an https:// address), File (“This live's slides” in one tap, or a Drive or Dropbox link), Course or product (your published courses and store products with their prices). A preview shows how learners see it under the picture, then Pin now. For students, under the stage: “Open” for a link, “Download” for a file, “Buy” for a product, which opens its page in your academy’s store. One item at a time: a new pin replaces the old one, and “Unpin” removes it. On screen: «Pin for everyone»، «Link»، «File»، «Course or product»، «This live's slides»، «How learners see it under the picture»، «Pin now»، «Unpin» Tip: At the end of her workshop Nesrine pins her “30-day content plan” book from her store: whoever wants it presses “Buy” without leaving the explanation. ### 6. The chat on your rules, and moderation In Chat, the header says who moderates if the live has a moderator. Each message has Manage: “Make it a question” (it moves to “Questions”), “Delete”, “Mute 5 minutes”, “Mute until the end”. A student’s message with a link reaches the team only, with Approve; the team’s messages are never held. Words blocked in the settings are refused on their own. In People, under “More”, each viewer has Mute 10 min and Remove from the room (they can’t come back to this live). In Settings › “The room”, switches that apply to everyone at once: “Chat on”, “Slow mode (one message every 10 seconds)”, “Links from learners wait for approval”, questions and raised hands. On screen: «Manage»، «Make it a question»، «Delete»، «Mute 5 minutes»، «Mute until the end»، «Approve»، «Mute 10 min»، «Remove from the room»، «The room»، «Chat on»، «Slow mode (one message every 10 seconds)»، «Links from learners wait for approval» Tip: In a paid workshop with 64 attendees, Manel turns on slow mode when messages pile up and moves every real question to “Questions”, so Nesrine answers them in order. Heads-up: “Remove from the room” acts at once, with no second confirmation, and the student can’t come back to this live. Keep it for abuse. ### 7. A weak network and a dropped connection If your upload weakens for a few seconds, a notice shows above the stage (picture lowered to 360p, sound first) with Turn the camera off if it’s on; it clears by itself when the network recovers. If your connection drops, the stage shows “Reconnecting…” with a counter: students read that the teacher stepped out and will be back, and the recording continues in your browser. If you don’t return within the grace, the live closes and what was recorded is kept. If the browser blocks sound, “Turn sound on” appears. The grace is set in “Live settings” (2, 5, 10 or 15 minutes; 5 by default). On screen: «Turn the camera off»، «Reconnecting…»، «Turn sound on» Tip: On weak 4G, PDF slides weigh far less than screen sharing: students draw them from the file, and your upload goes to your voice. ### 8. Ending on time, and the end screen Today, on a Meet or Zoom link, the end is handled from the live’s page: the “Happening now on Google Meet” card reads “It ends at 21:30; the join link stays open to your students until 22:00.”, with “Extend by 15 min” up to 4 times (“Extended 4 times: that's the most it can be.”) and “Mark as ended”. In the Dirassa+ room, once it opens: 5 minutes before the planned end: a notice with the end time, Extend 15 minutes and OK; extending pushes the end back 15 minutes, again and again as long as the whole live stays within 8 hours. If you don’t end it, it closes itself 15 minutes after the planned end. End asks “End the live for everyone?” with how many are watching, the Keep the recording switch (on; turning it off discards the recording), and End for everyone or Keep going. Then the screen “The live is over. Here's what happened.”: “Length”, “Peak”, “Attendance”, “Questions answered”, and the replay card (uploading with a percentage and time left — keep the page open — then uploaded), who sees it, and “Replay settings”; Review and send opens the live’s page on the summary and homework. The moderator doesn’t end: they have Leave, and the live carries on with the teacher. On screen: «Mark as ended»، «Extend by 15 min»، «Extend 15 minutes»، «OK»، «End»، «End the live for everyone?»، «Keep the recording»، «End for everyone»، «Keep going»، «The live is over. Here's what happened.»، «Length»، «Peak»، «Attendance»، «Questions answered»، «Replay settings»، «Review and send»، «Leave» Tip: Salim extended once to finish the cart exercise, then ended at 21:44: 1 h 44 min, a peak of 41 together, 11 questions of 14. Heads-up: Don’t close the page while the recording is uploading: the remaining parts go from your browser. If you do, reopen the studio on the same device to resume the upload. ## After the end - Summary and homework: Send them to those who came and those who missed it: the “After the live” lesson. - The replay: Trimming, chapters and how long it stays: the “Recording and replay” lesson. - The student’s side: Raising a hand, voting, taking notes: the “Live on the student’s side” lesson. ## Questions **How many students can be on stage together?** Up to 4 guests with you (or fewer per “Stage guests”). Once the stage is full, the bring-up button is disabled until you send someone back to watching. **Does everyone hear the student during the voice check?** No. During the check only the teacher and moderators hear them, and the student reads that on their screen. Everyone hears them only once they’re on stage. **Do students see a poll’s result while voting?** No. You alone see it until you press “Show the result on screen”. **What if my internet drops?** Students read that the teacher will be back, the studio reconnects by itself and the recording continues. If you don’t return within the grace (5 minutes by default), the live closes and the recording is kept. **Can the co-host end the live?** Yes, like the host. Only the moderator can’t end it: they have “Leave”, and the live goes on. **Can I extend more than once?** Yes, 15 minutes each time while the live is on air, as long as the whole live stays within 8 hours.