> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Create your First Room
A Coresee room is not only where you can have meetings, but also a persistent workspace for media and collaboration.
The Homepage is your access point for both your created meeting rooms and those you're invited to. Your meetings are displayed with room cards, where you can access and/or adjust information for each room.
## Create a Room
# **Setting Up a New Room**
Once a room is created, it's ready to configure before anyone joins it. This article covers the four things most people do right after creating a room: setting room controls, uploading media, sharing the room's link, and inviting participants.
All of these live in the room's **Side Panel**, which you can open from the room's card on the homepage
## **Customize your room settings**
Start by opening the Side Panel and reviewing the Settings tab. This is where you can turn on the access controls you want in place before anyone arrives.
* **Enter Room on Mute:** All participants will join the room with their microphones muted by default.
* **Host Required**: The room can only be accessed if a host is present. Without a host, participants will remain in the Lobby.
* **Login Required**: Only users with a Coresee account can join the room.
* **Private Room**: Only invited users can enter.
## **Upload media**
If participants will need files during the session — slides, videos, reference documents — it's worth loading them in ahead of time from the Files tab.
Once the files are uploaded to the room, you'll see them appear in the folder. They are now accessible and ready to present within a session.
Use folders and playlists to keep things organized if you're uploading more than a few items.
## **Invite participants**
You can invite people directly by email right from the homepage — no need to start a session first.
Once participants have been added to the room, they will receive an invitation email.
You can manage their roles from the Participants tab at any time — including from the homepage. Use the contextual menu on a participant to make them a co-host, make them a participant, reorder, or remove them.
## **Share the room's link**
The other way to give someone access is the room's meeting link. It works the moment the room is created — no session needs to be running.
Once everything is set, click on **Join** on the room card to start your first session!