As a host or cohost, you can assign different roles and responsibilities to your webinar participants.
| Host | Cohost | Panelist | Interpreter | Attendee |
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Schedule a webinar | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Start and end a webinar | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Invite participants during scheduling or in a webinar | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Connect to a video system | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Join from a video system | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Invite and remind panelists during a webinar | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Specify or edit a welcome message | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Start and end a practice session amongst panelists | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Change a participant's role | Yes | Yes, except for hosts and other cohosts | No | No | No |
Turn a panelist's video off | Yes | Yes, except for hosts and other cohosts | No | No | No |
Expel a participant | Yes | Yes, except for hosts and other cohosts | No | No | No |
Sync stage view | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Lock a webinar | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Live stream a webinar | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Edit event options during a webinar | Yes | yes | No | No | No |
Designate a presenter | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Assign or remove role privileges | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Mute or unmute participants | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
View attendee list | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
View and lower all raised hands | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Participate in a practice session | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Check a panelist's people insights profile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Participate in live discussions amongst the panelists for attendees to hear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, when given unmute privileges |
Ask questions during a questions and answers (Q&A) session | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Answer and moderate attendees' questions in a questions and answers (Q&A) session | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Chat publicly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Send a private chat message to a panelist | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Send a private chat message to an attendee | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Send reactions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Share content | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Annotate content | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Save content | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Write, edit, publish, and save notes when a webinar is scheduled without a designated note taker. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Write, edit, publish, and save notes when a webinar is scheduled with a designated note taker. | No | No | No | Yes | No |
View content published by the presenter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Create a post-webinar survey | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Download post-webinar survey responses | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Everyone except attendees can be assigned additional roles during the webinar:
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Presenter—Responsible for sharing and annotating presentations, whiteboards, documents, and applications in a webinar. A host, cohost, panelist, or interpreter automatically becomes the presenter when they share their screen.
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Note Taker—The host or cohost can assign a designated note taker either when scheduling or during a webinar. The note taker can publish notes to all participants at any time during the webinar.
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Closed Captionist—Responsible for publishing captions in real-time during the webinar.
For more information about roles and how to assign them, see Manage notes, meeting minutes, and closed captions in Webex Meetings and Webex Webinars.