Roles in Webex Webinars

	Host	Cohost	Panelist	Interpreter	Attendee
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	Yes	No	No	No
Connect to a video system	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Join from a video system	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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	Yes	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	Yes	No	No	No
Download post-webinar survey responses	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Everyone except attendees can be assigned additional roles during the webinar:

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.
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.
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.

Roles in Webex Webinars

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