Using a Co Host

The co-host feature allows the host to share hosting privileges with another user, allowing the co-host to manage the administrative side of the meeting, such as managing participants or starting/stopping the recording. The host must assign a co-host. There is no limitation on the number of co-hosts you can have in a meeting or webinar.

An Alternative Host will become a Co-host when they are signed into a Zoom meeting with their Swarthmore credentials. You can add an Alternative Host ahead of time when scheduling a meeting.

Adding a co-host during a meeting

Once in the meeting, the Host can add anyone in the meeting as a Co-host in multiple ways.

• The Host can either right-click on the user's video or hover over the user's video and select the three dots icon, then select Make Co-host.

• The Host can also click on the Participants icon at the bottom of the window. The Host can hover their mouse over the participant, select More, then select Make Co-host. 

Co-Host capabilities:

• Mute/Unmute All: mute/unmute all participants in meeting - you will be given the option (checkbox) to allow or not allow participants to unmute

• Lock Screen sharing: by selecting lock screen sharing, other participants will not be able to share their screen

• Mute on Entry: participants will automatically mute as they enter the meeting

• Play Enter/Exit Chime: plays a sound as participants join and leave the meeting

• Lock meeting: you can lock your meeting so that no other participants may join

• Stop Video: stop participant's video stream (unable to start video)

• Remove: you can kick/boot participant(s) from the meeting

• Rename: rename the attendee name selection

• Admit or place a participant in the Waiting Room 

Things co-hosts can NOT do:

Co-hosts do not have access to the following controls, as they are only available as host controls in a meeting:

• Start closed captioning and assign someone or a third-party to provide closed captioning

• Start live streaming

• End meeting for all participants

• Make another participant a co-host

• Start waiting room (co-hosts can place participants in waiting room or admit/remove participants from the waiting room)

Co-hosts also cannot start a meeting. If a host needs someone else to be able to start the meeting, they can assign an alternative host. 

More information about zoom co-hosts can be found at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206330935-Enabling-and-adding-a-co-host