online conferencing involving video and audio in which automatic actions such as recording and broadcasting is performed by adding a visualized representation of the action into the online conference area of a user interface . the action appears as a visualization in the contacts portion of the user interface , some of which contacts may represent individuals that may be joined into a conference . recording or broadcasting the action may thus be efficiently performed in a consistent manner as how individuals are added into an online conference , thereby taking advantage of muscle memory of the participant .