🌐 Join from Browser

If you're joining a session through your browser, all you need to do is click on the link and join! 🔗

🖥️ Join using the Desktop app

If you want to join in using the Desktop app, then you can download it here. 💻

📱 Join in from Mobile If you’re on Mobile, you can download our Android or iOS apps here 📱

The best thing you can do before your session, for you and everyone else, is to make sure you’re set up and ready to join. This means that you’ve tested your setup to make sure that both your camera and microphone are working - so that everyone can see your beautiful smile ✨

We’ve built a tool to help you do just that! Head over to: https://www.app.butter.us/troubleshoot

Follow the steps outlined in the guide and you’ll be ready to go in no time!

Joining a session on Butter is very straightforward.

Joining from Browser

Click the link that you’ve been sent. You will automatically be directed to the waiting room where you can enter your name and ask to join.

Joining from Desktop or Mobile app

If you’re on the Desktop or Mobile app, copy the link sent to you and insert it into the “Join” field.

Make sure you give Butter permission to access your camera and microphone. Mr. Bolt is there to guide you! 😉

If you're using a browser: Make sure to have permissions enabled for camera and microphone in your browser. Here's how to do it on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox.

Firstly click Request Permissions and then click Allow in the upper left hand side to make sure you allow the browser to access your camera and microphone. If you accidentally click block, you can reallow by clicking the 🔒 next to the URL in the upper left hand side.

When you given permissions, you will land in the waiting room that the facilitator has created!

Once you’re in the waiting room, start by selecting the:

that you would like to use for your session. Use the drop downs right below the video feed on the right hand side.

Enter your name: When you have made the changes needed, you will need to enter your name in the input field below. You need to enter your name to be able to join the session. When entered, click the Ask to join button.

You can choose whether you want to join the session with video and/or microphone on/off by clicking the red/green video or microphone buttons in the bottom middle of the video tile.

Click the ‘Add effects’ button in the left of the video tile to set a custom background, change your avatar (or snap a selfie to use as avatar!)

Once you’re ready to join, click the Ask to join button to send a request to the host of the session to let you in.

Please note: You will not be able to ask to join before the facilitator has started the session.

Once you’ve been allowed into the session, you will join in directly with the settings that you chose in your waiting room (video and audio on/off, your avatar, etc.).

Changing settings: If you need to change the settings in your session, you can always click the little ⚙️ icon in the upper right hand side of your screen.

Some of the things you can change:

Here are the key features in Butter that help make your online sessions super smooth!

Just like in any other tool you know, you can of course share your screen in Butter as well.

To share your screen:

It's so easy to feel bored and distant in virtual workshops. To get the energy up in the room, use the Reactions while others are speaking — it gives them instant feedback and encouragement when you let them know that you 😍 the topic or are 🤷‍♂️ about the presentation.

There are two ways to trigger reactions:

In virtual workshops, things can get messy when people talk on top of each other during discussions or when they don't know how to get a question in during Q&As.

There are two ways to use the Queue:

You can remove yourself from the queue again either by hovering the queue menu and clicking ‘Leave queue’ or clicking Q followed by X.

Using the Chat during sessions allows you to share your thoughts or questions without interrupting the flow.

Access the chat from the left hand panel or by clicking C on your keyboard.

In the chat, you can:

Butter has a built in Notepad that you can use during the session. We’ve got two types of notes:

To access notes, click the Notes button on the left hand side. In the note window you will see the Shared notes first. Switch to your Private notes in the top of the note window.

Butter is built to easily let you collaborate on multiple tools like Miro or Mural whiteboards and write together on Google Docs.

The tools will be set up and launched by the facilitator, directly in Butter! No need to click any links or anything (yeah, easy right?!)

In the session, there are a number of ways you can adjust Butter to your own personal preferences.

↔️ Resizing apps

You can adjust the window size of any app or window shared in Butter.

To resize a window:

🧘 Focus mode

Focus mode lets you tune everything out and zone in on the content being shared.

You can enable focus mode during screen shares, presentations, videos and more.

To enable focus mode: