Introduction

The following information is for configuring Facebook Live to stream meetings from Granicus. Typically, only the City Council Regular Meetings and City Council Work Sessions are streamed to Facebook. 

To Setup Facebook Streaming, the following items are required:

• You must use the City's Facebook Account. If you do not have access to this account, contact Kara Johnson for login instructions.

• The meeting that you want to stream must be configured as an Event in Granicus, and the event in Granicus must be started for the stream to work.

Instructions

1. Login to Facebook to the City's Facebook Account.
   1. Make sure you're connected to the correct profile. The default profile "Mukilteo Ad" will not setup the stream properly.
      
      At the top right where the profile, select the profile. If you see "Mukilteo Ad", Switch to "City of Mukilteo"
      
      
      
      
   2. This is what the profile should look like:
      
       
2. Go to the following link: Facebook Live Producer Web Page (https://www.facebook.com/live/producer)
   1. At the bottom of the page, check if there is a scheduled broadcast that was already created, or if there is a conflicting broadcast.
      
   2. If there are no conflicting broadcasts, create a new scheduled broadcast.
      
      
      
      
3. Select "Fill in with past event details" and select an event that matches the event type.
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   2. In this example, I am setting up a meeting for February 27th City Council Work Session Meeting
      
   3. Configure the Name, Date, and Description
      
      I have just been using the following format:
      
      Agenda can be found here:
      
      https://mukilteo-wa.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&event_id=XXXX
      
      Where XXXX is the event ID in Granicus. The even ID can be found from the City's Website:
      
      
   4. Select "Next"

4. IMPORTANT The Stream must be configured to use the persistent stream key. If the option is not selected, the stream will not connect to Granicus and the livestream will not be able to connect and play the event. This setting defaults to off, and must be selected every time a new event is created.

   1. To configure, go to Settings -> Stream  

   2. Select "Use a persistent stream key" and the radio button should appear blue
      

5. These are the bare minimum settings to configure meetings and you can select "Create Event" in the bottom left corner.

   1. Select "Return Home", it is not necessary to "Set up live video"
      

   2. Review "Scheduled Broadcasts" to make sure the date, time, and cover photo are correct.
      

6. That's all that's necessary on Facebook. The Meeting must still be created in Granicus and the Event must be started in Granicus for Facebook to connect.