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Sessions

Every time participants join a meeting channel and have a call, Copera records that as a session. Sessions give you a complete history of everything that happened in a meeting channel over time -- who participated, what was discussed, which documents were edited, and which whiteboards were used.

What is a session​

A session represents a single continuous gathering in a meeting channel. It starts when the first participant joins and ends when the last participant leaves (or when an admin ends the meeting for everyone). Each session captures:

  • Start and end time -- when the session began and when it finished, along with the total duration.
  • Participants -- everyone who joined the meeting at any point during the session, displayed with their avatars.
  • Transcriptions -- any transcription recordings that were started during the session, each with its own participant list and timeline.
  • Documents -- collaborative documents that were created or opened during the session.
  • Whiteboards -- whiteboard canvases that were created or reopened during the session.
  • Chat messages -- text messages exchanged by participants during the meeting.

Viewing past sessions​

To view the session history for a meeting channel, open the channel details and navigate to the Past sessions section. Sessions are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent session at the top.

Each session entry shows a summary card with the date, time, duration, and participant avatars. Click on a session to open the session dashboard, which provides a detailed overview of everything that happened.

Session dashboard​

The session dashboard is divided into cards:

  • Session info -- date, start/end time, and duration.
  • Participants -- avatars and names of everyone who was in the meeting.
  • Transcriptions -- clickable cards for each transcription recording, showing the time it was created and the participants who were present. Click a transcription card to open the full transcript viewer.
  • Documents -- cards for each collaborative document, showing the title and creation time. Click to open the document.
  • Whiteboards -- cards for each whiteboard canvas. Click to view the whiteboard.

If no content was generated during a session (no transcriptions, documents, whiteboards, or chat), the dashboard displays an empty state.

Transcript playback​

When you open a transcription from the session dashboard, you get a rich playback experience:

  • Per-speaker audio playback -- click on any speaker's segment to play back just their audio. This makes it easy to hear exactly what a specific person said without listening through the entire recording.
  • Download and copy -- download the full transcript as a text file or copy specific sections to your clipboard for use in notes, emails, or documents.
  • Integrated video playback -- if the transcription includes video, a synchronized video player appears alongside the transcript. As the video plays, the transcript scrolls and highlights the current section automatically. Click any line in the transcript to jump to that point in the video.

Session chat​

Some sessions include a text chat tab where you can review all messages that were sent during the meeting. This is useful for finding links, notes, or context that participants shared in the chat while the call was in progress.

Why sessions matter​

Sessions create a searchable, reviewable archive of your team's meetings. Instead of relying on someone to write and distribute meeting notes manually, you can point anyone to the session record and they can review exactly what happened -- listen to the recording, read the transcript, check the whiteboard, or open the document that was edited during the call.