Preparing, starting, and running conferencesTopic number: 1425411756500

Understanding discussion task numbers

The total and STAT number of discussion tasks for a Conference indicate the tasks associated with the next session of that conference. This is the session you see by default when you select the conference in the navigation pane. Navigating to another session list does not change the numbers shown.

Taking snapshots for conferences

To prepare for a conference, the presenter can open the discussion tasks (one by one or the whole list) and take one or more Image area snapshots. A snapshot includes the full screen layout, presentation state of all of the viewports (window level, magnification, annotations, and so forth), MPR reconstruction, cursor location, and studies being displayed. If multiple snapshots are available, the presenter can sort them.

When you start a discussion task, the first snapshot is shown by default. The Snapshots available column in the session list indicates, with an icon, which studies already have snapshots available.

Finding discussion tasks

To find discussion tasks for a particular conference or conference session, use the Conference name, Conference date, or Conference date (period) fields. You can add these fields to the simple and the advanced search.

Sequencing tasks

Presenters must define the sequence in which tasks are performed during a session. By default, a Sequence column, sorted in ascending order, is visible in all session lists. The presenter can rearrange tasks in the list, thereby altering the sequence number.

If the presenter changes the sorting of the list in the Customize Column dialog or by clicking a column header, the sequence number is updated accordingly. The move up and down buttons are disabled when the presenter has filtered the task list.

New tasks are added to the bottom of the list. An asterisk (*) is shown as the sequence number. The asterisk changes into a number when the presenter does one of the following:

• Locks the session list (affects all new tasks).
• Moves the new task up or down in the list (affects only the selected task, unless the selected task is between other new tasks, in which case all preceding new tasks get a number).
• Changes column sorting (affects all tasks).

Starting a conference session

Presenters can start sharing their screen during the conference session by clicking Start sharing. By clicking Start list in the List area, you can load all discussion tasks in the cycle list in the Text area and perform discussion tasks in sequence. Tasks in the cycle list are shown in the same sequence as defined in the conference session list. Any comments typed when manually adding a task are displayed when starting the task. When users complete a discussion task, they automatically go to the next one.

If you click Start discussion, only a selected task is opened.

Note: When you double-click a discussion task in the session list, such as when preparing the conference, the discussion task is opened, but not started.

The report is not editable when performing a discussion task.

Discussion tasks can be paused and reset.

If, during the conference session, users want to perform a related task linked to the study, they can navigate to that task using the Related tasks button (as long as they have permission to start the related task). Once the related task is completed, they automatically return to the discussion task.