View various states

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Flow Capture rooms have four different states:

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open, draft, closed, and deleted.

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And it's important to understand the nuances of each.

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We'll go over how to open and close a room in another tutorial.

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But for now, let's go over the fundamentals of each.

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When you're in the process of creating a room,

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that room will be in draft mode.

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In fact, all rooms will remain in draft mode until they've been opened,

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which is why you'll see open room along the bottom.

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Once you open a room, it will of course be in open mode.

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It will remain in open mode until the host of the room closes that room.

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However, it's important to note that whenever the host of a room leaves the room,

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that room remains open by default.

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This means that any of the participants can enter and

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exit the room at any time that they wish,

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whether the host is present or not.

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In other words, leaving a room is not the same as closing a room.

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If you're the host of a room and you want to prevent participants from entering,

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you'll need to move it to a closed state.

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Rooms that are closed cannot be joined until the host reopens that room.

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Lastly, once the session is done and won't ever need to be reopened,

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it can be deleted by the host.