Nesting sessions in your Agenda

What is nesting? 

The nesting function on Pigeonhole Live allows you to group several sessions together to create a more convenient and seamless event flow for attendees. You can use nesting to create separate event tracks or breakout sessions each with their own event agenda or even group related sessions to increase the participation rate for each session.

Common use cases for nesting:

• Create breakout sessions their own agenda 
• Nesting polls and surveys in Q&A or Regular sessions with a video integration
• Nesting feedback surveys or polls with speaker Q&A sessions
• Grouping sessions by rooms or topic of interests for larger events

Nested sessions will not appear in the Agenda, but rather, only within the first-level sessions page. However, there will be session icons on all of the first-level sessions to indicate the type of nested sessions under the respective first-level session (as shown below). Attendees can access a nested session by entering a first-level session.

Note: You can nest any session type (Q&As, Polls, Surveys, Chat) under any first-level sessions (Q&As, Polls, Surveys, Regular). But you cannot nest a session under an already nested session.

Note: You can nest a maximum of 20 sessions under a first-level session. 

How to create a new nested session?

1. On your Workspace, go to Agenda > Session page. Choose the first-level session you would like to nest a new session to. Then, click on the dropdown list beside the Edit button. 

2. Click on Add nested session.

3. You will be directed to create a new session.

Note: Q&A session is selected by default. You can choose which session you would like to create.

4. Save the session. The session will be automatically nested under your selected session. 

How to nest an existing session? 

1. On your Workspace, go to Agenda > Session page. Then click on Edit for the session you want to nest.

2. Under the session’s Quiz Agenda Information section, click on Nest session.

3. Then, select a first-level session to nest this session under. 

4. To unselect the first-level session or remove nesting, click on the ‘X’ beside the first-level session. 

5. Remember to save your settings. 

How will nested sessions look on the Audience Web App, Admin Panel, and Moderator Panel?

Audience Web App

The nested sessions will now be grouped under the selected first-level session. To access the nested sessions, click on the first-level session “Enter this Q&A” in the Agenda page.

You will be able to see the nested sessions under the selected first-level session.

Admin Panel 

In the Admin Panel, you will be able to see the nested sessions under each first-level session on the Agenda page. You can click on the nested session to enter and manage the session directly. 

If you wish to access a nested session while on the first-level session page, click on the drop-down in the banner at the top of the page.

 Then, select the respective nested session that you want to manage. 

To return to the first-level sessions, click on the back button at the top left-hand corner of the page. 

Moderator Panel 

On the Moderator Panel, you will be able to see the nested sessions under each first-level session on the Agenda page. You can click on any nested session to enter and manage the session directly. 

If you wish to access the nested sessions while on the first-level session page, click on the Controls  icon on the top right corner of the page. 

Then, click on the slider bar “Show nested sessions” option to enable the nested sessions.

Once you have enabled ‘Show nested sessions’, click on the drop-down in the banner at the top of the page to access the nested sessions.

Then, select the respective nested session that you want to manage.