Collaborating in real-time
Collaboration functionality enables you to share the current viewing session with other users on the web or on mobile devices.
From the collaboration panel, you can also access Spaces by PureWeb, if your institution subscribes to it. This will launch a cloud-managed collaboration service where you can share and discuss content from multiple applications.
To open the collaboration panel
- Click the Collaboration
tool in the viewer.
In a collaboration session, only the host’s view is of diagnostic quality.
Hosting sessions
Setting up a session is easy, and simply involves sharing a link.
Participants will be able to see all your interactions in the viewer as long as the session is active.
The aspect ratio seen by participants is determined by the host’s own display.
Reports and scanned documents cannot be displayed to the collaboration participant, and PDF reports cannot be viewed at all during the collaboration session.
The collaboration panel contains the interface for inviting participants and administering their permissions for the session.
To invite a user to a session via email
- Click Email in the collaboration panel. This will create a message in your default email client.
- Enter the recipient’s email address in the To: field of the message.
- Send the message.
You can also send an invitation by providing participants with a link via other means of your choosing.
To copy the link to the session
- Click Copy Link in the collaboration panel.
To toggle confidential patient information
- Fill or clear the Show confidential patient information check box in the collaboration panel.
This option only appears if the server is configured to display confidential patient information.
To end a collaboration session
- Click End Session in the collaboration panel.
Managing permissions
A list of participants will be visible in the collaboration panel. The host can grant or revoke permission for participants to interact with the session.
To toggle a participant's ability to interact with the session
- Click the Interact
tool beside the participant's name in the collaboration panel.
To toggle the pointer
- Click the Pointer
tool beside the collaborator's name in the collaboration panel.
To remove a participant from the session
- Click the X beside the participant's name in the collaboration panel.
Joining sessions
All invited participants have to do to join a session is navigate to the link sent by the host.
If the host has already loaded images, participants will see the image view and the host’s mouse cursor.
To join a collaboration session
- Click the link in the invitation email or otherwise provided by the session’s host.
- Enter your name and email address to identify yourself to the host.
Communicating through audio/video
It is possible for collaborators to communicate in a real-time audio/video (A/V) session. You may need to grant your web browser access to your device's camera.
Audio/video functionality does not work in Internet Explorer 11.
In a multi-monitor setup, audio/video collaboration is only available in the parent window.
To initiate an A/V session
- Click the A/V Share
tool to begin sharing video from your camera with other collaborators.
To stop sharing from your device
- While sharing video, click the A/V Share tool.
To resize an A/V window
- Click and drag the bottom-right corner of the window.
To adjust the opacity of an A/V window
- Click and drag the slider located at the bottom of the A/V window.