Permissions in a Meeting

Change Sharing Options

  1. Click the arrow on the Share Screen button.

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  2. From the Share Screen menu, click Advanced Sharing Options.

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  3. In the Advanced Sharing Options menu, you can change the content sharing permissions for participants and hosts.

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Change Security Permissions

  1. Click the Security button.

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  2. Enable/disable any of the following options

    1. Lock Meeting. This will prevent new participants from joining the meeting.
    2. Enable Waiting Room. This will allow the Host to approve any new participants before they can join the meeting.
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  3. Enable/disable any of the participant permissions.

    1. Share Screen. This allows participants to share their screen or other applications with everyone in the meeting.
    2. Chat. This allows participants to type in the chat, either with everyone in the meeting or with specific individuals in private chat messages.
    3. Rename Themselves. This allows participants to manually change their display name in the Participants panel and in their portrait in the meeting.
    4. Unmute Themselves. This allows participants to unmute their microphone at any time. Disabling this option requires the host to manually unmute participants if they want to participate.
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  4. Click Remove Participant... to remove any participant from your meeting.

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Add a Co-Host

  1. Right click on the portrait of the participant.

  2. In the menu, click the Make Co-Host option.

    Warning: Do not click Make Host. This would remove your permissions as Host and change your role to participant.

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