This guide explains what hosts and co-hosts can do during a session, what they cannot do, and how those controls affect participants. It is d13 esigned to prevent confusion around permissions and privacy.
What you'll see
Hosts and co-hosts may see controls such as:
- Mute all
- Disable all cameras
- Lower all hands
- participant search and filters
- participant actions to mute, disable camera, remove, or manage host access
- host labels in the participants list
In the participants panel, hosts may also see actions for:
- muting a participant
- turning off a participant's camera
- removing a participant
- making someone a host
- removing host access
Steps
- Open the participants panel or the control panel when you need to manage the room.
- Use participant-level controls when one person needs help or moderation.
- Use room-wide controls such as Mute all, Disable all cameras, or Lower all hands when the whole session needs to settle.
- Use host access controls only when another person genuinely needs to help run the session.
What this means in practice
Hosts and co-hosts can keep order, reduce distractions, and help guide the session. They can silence noise, turn cameras off when needed, remove someone from the session, manage waiting participants, and help steer attention.
But these controls stop at privacy-sensitive actions. The app is designed so that a person keeps control over turning their own microphone and camera back on.
Limitations to know
- Hosts can mute a participant.
- Hosts can turn off a participant's camera.
- Hosts can remove a participant from the session.
- Hosts can manage host access when their role allows it.
Important privacy rule:
- Hosts cannot turn on another person's microphone.
- Hosts cannot turn on another person's camera.
- Participants must turn their own microphone or camera back on from their own toolbar.
This is one of the most important limits in the app and should be understood clearly before running a session.
Common mistakes
- Assuming a host can restore another person's microphone or camera.
- Giving host access too freely instead of only to people helping manage the session.
- Using room-wide controls when a participant-level action would be more appropriate.
If something isn't working
- If a participant says, "please turn my mic back on," direct them to their own microphone button.
- If a participant says, "please turn my camera back on," direct them to their own camera button.
- If the session is noisy, use Mute all first, then handle exceptions one by one.
- If a participant needs help from the lobby or chat side, use host tools there instead of trying to solve everything from the main view.
