iECHO streamlines your experience by allowing you to start ECHO sessions directly from the platform—no need to log in to Zoom or share meeting IDs and passwords. We’ve made the connection between iECHO and Zoom as seamless as possible for your convenience.

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**When a Program admin has started the session, the remainder of the program team will see two options to enter the session:

Start Session or Join Session**

When session is in progress

If another program admin has already started the session, click the Join Session button to enter.

Example: The "Chronic Disease Management" session is scheduled for 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. If another Program Admin has already started it, simply click the Join Session button to enter the discussion. You will be added as an Attendee in the session, to reclaim the host access, guide the host to assign you the role.

Need to resume the session

If the program admin who started the session is no longer available or has been disconnected, click the Start Session button to resume.

Example: The "Mental Health Support" session was in progress, but the program admin who began the session was disconnected. Click the Start Session button to resume and continue facilitating the session. You will be added as Host in the session.

Implications of this feature:

1. iECHO will track the duration of each program admin's participation in a session.
2. Admins don't need to rename themselves in the session; iECHO will automatically use their usernames.
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Here’s a detailed guide:

How to start an ECHO session

• Navigate to your iECHO Homepage.
• Navigate to Programs page by clicking on View more .
• Select the Program for which you want to start a session for a particular Participant Group.
• In the Schedule section, scroll down and select the session.
• Click on Start Session

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iECHO sends a session reminder email, to participants 30 minutes before the session start time, which contains the session joining link, through which they can join the ongoing session.

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To ensure that participants don’t bypass the registration form, if a program registration form is created within a participant group and the form has not been filled out before joining the session, the participant will not receive the option to join directly through Zoom in the session reminder email. Instead, they will need to join the session through iECHO. This process ensures all necessary information is submitted before attending the session.

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iECHO allows you to start a session individually and also enables you to mark the attendance of other members joining the session with you.