Methods of coordinating remote user engagement and instructional demonstrations

A method of coordinating an instructional demonstration between an instructor device and a plurality of remote audience devices, the method comprising:

• transmitting an instructor video signal from the instructor device to each remote audience device of the plurality of remote audience devices;
• receiving a communication request from a first device of the plurality of remote audience devices;
• assigning the first device a queue position for a communication queue according to the received communication request;
• indexing one or more audience devices of the plurality of remote audience devices automatically into an active speaker role according to the communication queue;
• directing display of the communication queue, including the assigned queue position of the first device and the active speaker role, at the instructor device;
• restricting display of the communication queue at each remote audience device of the plurality of remote audience devices;
• permitting an audio signal from the first device to the instructor device in response to the first device reaching the active speaker role;
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• restricting audio from one or more other audience devices to the instructor device when the first device is in the active speaker role.