To learn more about each feature, click the embedded links in the table or see Host and Co-Host Controls in a Meeting. The following table compares the webinar controls available to the host, co-hosts, and panelists. For panelist feature, promote attendee or invite panelist.Learn about joining a webinar as an attendee. They can interact with the host and the panelists through the Q&A and the chat. Their view of the webinar is controlled by the host.

Learn how to add and invite panelists as a webinar host.Īttendees are view-only participants who can be unmuted if the host chooses. The host can also disable some features for panelists, including starting video, sharing your screen, and recording. You must be assigned panelist permissions by the webinar host. They can view and send video, screen share, annotate, etc. Panelists are full participants in a webinar. If a host needs someone else to be able to start the webinar, they can assign an alternative host. The host can do things like stop and start the webinar, mute panelists, stop panelists' video, remove attendees from the webinar, and more.Ĭo-hosts share many of the controls that hosts have, allowing the co-host to manage the administrative side of the webinar, such as managing attendees or starting/stopping the recording. They have full permissions to manage the webinar, panelists, and attendees. The host of the webinar is the user who the webinar is scheduled under. The role that you have in the webinar will be designated by the host.

There are multiple roles available for a webinar: host, cohost, panelist, and attendees.

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