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After the meeting has started you can make use of the following host features to moderate your meetings and deal with any bad actors:
- Prepare to mute people who are making unwanted noises – this will usually be people who don't realize that they are unmuted, but it could be people who are trying to make distracting noises. As host, you can select specific participants and mute them. Make sure you have the participant list view open while hosting a meeting and it will show you the mute/unmute status of everyone in the meeting.
- Assign a co-host to help with moderation
- Turn off screen sharing for everyone and indicate only host. If you have others that need to share their screen, the host can enable that on the fly. (via the
^menu next to Share Screen). Be on the lookout for people that you don't know who are requesting to get screen access. - Put the troll or bad actor on hold. The participant will be put into a "waiting room" and will not be able to participate in the call until the host removes the hold.
- NOTE: Depending on your client version this will be called "Put in Waiting Room" instead of on hold.
- Remove the participant. Please be cautious when testing or using this feature, as it is permanent. They will never be able to come back into that meeting ID on that particular device. Do not joke around with this feature; it's better to put the attendee on "hold" first and then remove.
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