Co-Host Feature in Webex

Overview

The cohost role provides privileges similar to the host role, including starting the meeting or webinar in their place if they’re running late or can’t attend, and can help improve productivity in Meetings and Webinars.

Issue

If the host is running late or can't attend, a cohost can start and manage the meeting or webinar in their place. Cohosts can also assist the host with meeting management, which is useful for larger meetings. If the host isn’t in the meeting, a cohost assumes the host role until the original host joins.

When scheduling a meeting or webinar, hosts can assign the cohost role to one or more attendees, and those invitees join the meeting as a cohost. The host can also assign the cohost role during a meeting or webinar, including guest attendees. The option to assign the role appears dimmed for attendees who join from unsupported clients.

Cohost Privileges 

Cohosts can perform the following tasks:

• From the meeting or webinar information page:

  • Customize the registration form

  • Approve or reject pending registrants

  • Change a registrant's approval status

  • Invite or import panelists (webinar only)

  • Invite or import attendees

• During the meeting or webinar:

  • Start and host the meeting or webinar

  • Mute or unmute some or all participants.

  • Permit or prevent attendees unmuting themselves after the host or cohost mutes them

  • Share multimedia

  • Move attendees to and from the lobby

  • Expel attendees

  • Start recording, if a cohost has assumed the host role

• • Invite and remind attendees

  • Manage breakout sessions

  • Join breakout sessions to help attendees

  • Lock or unlock the meeting or webinar

• If a cohost connects to a video device, the connected device gets assigned the cohost role, too. "You are now a cohost of this meeting" displays on the device and has the same capabilities as the host. You can lock or unlock the meeting, mute all participants, and start or stop recording the meeting, but you can't end the meeting.

   

Additional Information

Add cohosts while scheduling a meeting in userhub