Before you can add any sessions to an event, you need to have configured the Session Layout. The Session Layout is how the admin-side Sessions page will look when you add or edit sessions.
You can configure the Session Layout using either of two ways.
1. If you navigate to the Sessions page before a planner has configured the session layout on Setup > Session Layout, you see a friendly walkthrough. The friendly walkthrough helps you do this right there. 2. Alternatively, go to Setup > Session Layout. Then select your layout option. Then configure it.
You can use the default layout “out of the box”. You can also configure the default layout by adding standard fields, deleting standard fields, moving standard fields, adding custom fields, deleting custom fields, moving custom fields, and adding section breaks or modifying section breaks.
The choice of layout and the configuration based on that choice determines what you see and edit when adding sessions and editing sessions.
There may be one or two choices of layout available.
1. The Standard Sessions option is always available. 2. A Conference Sessions option is available if the Conference Sessions sub-module of the Speaker and Session Management module is enabled for the event. You can enable the Conference Sessions sub-module on Plan > Configure > Options > "Functional Areas Needed by This Event".
Standard Sessions or Conference Sessions
Standard Sessions
The Standard Sessions layout uses a Default Layout that you can use or customize. The Standard Sessions layout is simple. The Standard Sessions layout includes many standard fields.
The Standard Sessions layout includes Standard Fields. The Standard Sessions layout includes all available standard fields.
The Standard Sessions layout includes Schedule Instances per Session set to One.
The Standard Sessions layout includes Speakers per Session set to Multiple.
The Standard Sessions layout includes Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types set to Yes.
The Standard Sessions layout includes Auto-Publish Option set to Yes.
The Standard Sessions layout includes a Review- and Task-Based Workflow set to No.
The Standard Sessions layout includes Online Speaker Portal set to No.
Conference Sessions
The Conference Sessions layout is detailed with all standard fields.
The Conference Sessions layout includes Standard Fields. The Conference Sessions layout includes all available standard fields.
The Conference Sessions layout includes Schedule Instances per Session set to Multiple.
The Conference Sessions layout includes Speakers per Session set to Multiple.
The Conference Sessions layout includes Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types set to Yes.
The Conference Sessions layout includes Auto-Publish Option set to Yes.
The Conference Sessions layout includes a Review- and Task-Based Workflow set to Yes.
The Conference Sessions layout includes Online Speaker Portal set to Yes.
Standard Sessions or Conference Sessions comparison
| | Standard Sessions | Conference Sessions | |---|---|---| | Default Layout | • Default Layout, which you can use or customize | | | Complexity and fields | • Simple, with many standard fields | • Detailed, with all standard fields | | Standard Fields | • Standard Fields<br>All available. | • Standard Fields<br>All available. | | Schedule Instances per Session | • Schedule Instances per Session<br>One | • Schedule Instances per Session<br>Multiple | | Speakers per Session | • Speakers per Session<br>Multiple | • Speakers per Session<br>Multiple | | Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types | • Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types<br>Yes | • Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types<br>Yes | | Auto-Publish Option | • Auto-Publish Option<br>Yes | • Auto-Publish Option<br>Yes | | Review- and Task-Based Workflow | • Review- and Task-Based Workflow<br>No | • Review- and Task-Based Workflow<br>Yes | | Online Speaker Portal | • Online Speaker Portal<br>No | • Online Speaker Portal<br>Yes |