We’ve released two new invite settings that let you decide exactly when end users can start your content and when their access ends. We’ve also added time zone selection to Hot Start scheduling.

🔒 Let end users start content only when your live event begins

Live Event invites have a new setting: Lock content until event starts. Until now, end users could start the content up to 24 hours before the event. With the setting on, end users can still open the invite, register and see the content. They can only start playing it once the event begins, based on the start date and time set on the invite. This keeps end users on your session plan, and your Hot Start pool isn’t used up before the session starts.

Team members with access to the invite (instructors, content creators and owners) can still play the content from the invite, so your team can troubleshoot and get ready for the session.

The setting is off by default, and existing invites stay as they are.

📅 Set the date when end users lose access to the content

In the content restrictions of any invite, you can now choose from three options to set how long end users have access to the content:

• Forever – end users keep access with no end date
• For a set duration – a period that starts when each end user claims the invite
• Until a specific date – one date and time, in the time zone you select, that applies to everyone no matter when they joined

This date is separate from the event schedule, so access can end at any point you choose. After that date, end users can no longer start the content.

🌍 Schedule Hot Start pools in your end users’ time zone

When you create a Hot Start pool, you can now pick the time zone you’re planning in. The selector starts on your current time zone, and you can search for any other one. The pool’s start and end times follow the time zone you select. A tooltip next to the scheduler explains how this works.