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Moderators vs. Presenters in a Virtual Classroom Meeting

 

This page explains the permissions of each participant role and how to change moderators and presenters in Virtual Classroom meetings.

Overview of the Participant Roles in Virtual Classroom

If you are the moderator of the meeting, you will have access to record the meeting, end the meeting and the meeting settings. You will also able to promote other users (including themselves) to be the presenter/moderator or kick another user from the meeting. 


Here's an overview of these roles: 

  Moderator Presenter Viewer (everyone else)
Can share their webcam and audio
Can private chat with other users
Can draw with the Whiteboard features    
Automatically assigned by creating the meeting    
Can promote and demote another user to Moderator    
Can promote and demote another user to Presenter    
Can remove another user from the meeting    
Can toggle Recording status    
Role indicated with a square in Participants list    


Here is what the icons located to the left of each participant's name mean: 

Moderator avatar Moderator Icon 
Non-moderator avatar Non-moderator icon 
Presenter  Presenter Icon
Joined audio Microphone icon 
Listening only  Headphones icon
Muted mute icon 


How to Change the Roles in Virtual Classroom

To promote a different user to be the moderator, first click the participants icon in the top left corner of the Virtual Classroom meeting window.

Participants


This will bring up a list of participants. Click on any participant name, then click Promote to moderator.

Animated gif of how to promote to moderator


In Virtual Classroom meetings, the meeting moderator can also make another participant the presenter. All presentation features will be available to the new presenter.

animated gif of how to make a presenter


To make yourself the presenter again, select your own name and click Make presenter