Web conference reflection

During week two of my new online degree, I attended a web conference. I didn't experience any difficulty with gaining access to the room. I was the first person in the room, and I figured I had plenty of time to setup my webcam and microphone before the actual conference began. Every time I tried to set up my webcam an error popped up, and I was automatically logged out of the room. I tried several times to get it set up, but I still wasn't able to set it up. I followed the instructions that were given to me, but my computer didn't seem to like the fact that I was trying to use a webcam. I was told that it may be an error due to the number of people in the conference room, but I noticed even people who logged in after me were able to set up their equipment with no problem. During the conference we kind of got to know each other, get help with technical difficulties, and get an introduction of our internship. One of the problems I was having is with editing our cohort website. I was able to get this fixed by the end of the conference. I noticed a lot of people (including me :-/) were having side bar conversations, and that made it kind of difficult to follow the actual conference. There were also people who had their mics on the entire time which meant we could hear extra background noise. I attempted to get on the conference call again last Thursday. I figured maybe this time it would let me set up my webcam. Sadly, I wasn't able to set mine up. After getting kicked out of the room a few times for trying to set it up, I finally called it quits.