Adding a Participant to a Conversation

If you are in an existing group chat, you can add another participant to it. If you are in a conversation with one other person, and you want to add a participant, you can create a new group chat consisting of you, the other person in the conversation, and the new participant.

Note: The maximum number of participants in a conversation is 75, though this maximum is lower if participants are logged into both Vocera Vina and Vina Web. Additional participants can send messages but are not shown as present in the conversation.
  1. In your conversation or group chat, tap the Add Participant icon.

  2. The screen that appears next depends on whether you are in a conversation with one other person or a group chat.
    • If you are in a conversation with one other person, a screen appears that starts a group chat:

    • If you are in a group chat, a screen appears that enables you to add participants to your group chat:

  3. Links to your groups and your favorites appear. Do one of the following:
    1. Tap a group name to display the members of the group. If the group contains subgroups, tap a subgroup name to display its members.
    2. Tap a favorite to add this person to the group chat. If the list of favorites is hidden, tap Favorites to display it.
    3. Tap the search icon to display the Search Directory screen, and then type two or more characters. From the list of names that match your search text, tap the name of the person that you want to add to the group chat.
  4. If multiple names are displayed, you can add more than one participant to your group chat. To add multiple participants, tap Multiselect and select the checkbox to the left of each person that you want to add, and then tap Start or Add.

The new participant is added to the existing group chat, or the new group chat is created.