Zoom Classes: Deaf Tips: Before & During: Adding 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 is the only user who can assign a co-host. There is no limitation on the number of co-hosts you can have in a meeting 

Adding Co-Hosts

Add the interpreter and the DHH participant(s) as co-hosts so they can use various features, such as Pin, Spotlight, share screen, etc.

Add whoever will present as co-host at the meeting. 

1. Sign in to  Zoom.

2. In the navigation panel, click Settings.

3. Click the Meeting tab.

4. Under In Meeting (Basic), verify that the Co-host setting is enabled.

Limitations

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.