About Zoom roles and permissions

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Roles in standard and large meetings
Roles in webinars

Roles in standard and large meetings

Standard meeting rooms can accommodate up to 300 attendees; this includes the host and co-host(s). For meetings with 301 to 500 attendees, hosts can request a large meeting license; see Use Zoom for large video meetings or webinars at IU. Roles in large meetings are the same as those in standard meetings.

Host: The host has complete control of the meeting and all of its settings.
Co-host: The host can designate one or more co-hosts. Except for ending the meeting and designating other co-hosts, the co-host can perform all tasks available to the host.

Note:

In breakout rooms, the co-host role is not available, and co-hosts are demoted to participants.
Participant: This role is most appropriate for students and attendees who should not have administrative privileges to the meeting.

Permissions chart

Action	Host	Co-host	Participant
Answer poll	No	No	✔Yes
Ask poll	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Chat	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes
Designate co-host	✔Yes	No	No
End meeting	✔Yes	No	No
File sharing	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes
Lock meeting	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Lock screen sharing	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Modify meeting settings	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Mute/unmute all^*	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Put participant on hold^**	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Raise hand	No	No	✔Yes
Remove attendee	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Share video	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes
Stop video	✔Yes	✔Yes	No

^*Participants can unmute themselves at any time. While hosts/co-hosts can lock screen sharing, they cannot lock audio sharing.
^**Putting participants on hold is not available via the Linux Zoom client.

Roles in webinars

Webinars can accommodate either 1,000 or 3,000 attendees. However, you will need to request a license in order to host a webinar.

Host: The host has complete control of the webinar and all its settings.
Co-host: The host can designate one or more co-hosts. Except for designating other co-hosts and ending the webinar, a co-host can perform all tasks available to the host.
Panelist: You can designate up to 50 panelists (including the host) in your webinar. Panelists have the same administrative privileges as participants, but they also have the ability to answer questions via the Question & Answer (Q&A) feature, as well as poll questions.
Participant: This role is most appropriate for students and attendees who should not have administrative privileges.

Permissions chart

Action	Host	Co-host	Panelist	Participant
Answer poll^*	No	No	✔Yes	✔Yes
Answer question	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes	No
Ask poll	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No
Chat	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes
Designate co-host	✔Yes	No	No	No
End meeting	✔Yes	No	No	No
Lock meeting	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No
Lock screen sharing	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No
Modify meeting settings	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No
Mute/unmute all	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No
Put participant on hold^**	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No
Raise hand	No	No	No	✔Yes
Remove attendee	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No
Share video	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes	✔Yes
Stop video	✔Yes	✔Yes	No	No

^*Panelists may answer a poll if permitted by the host or co-host.
^**This is not available via the Linux Zoom client.