Frequently Asked Question

Host controls allow you as the host to control various aspects of the Zoom Meeting, such as managing the participants.

The host controls will appear at the bottom of your screen if you are not currently screen sharing.(When you are screen sharing, the controls will appear at the top of your screen, but you can drag it to another location.)

• Share Screen: Start sharing your screen by clicking on the green box “Share Screen”. You will be able to select the desktop or application you want to share.
• Screen Share controls (click ^ next to Share Screen): Select who can share in your meeting and if you want only the host or any participant to be able to start a new share when someone is sharing. The default is that only the host can share their screen, but they can change that in the control drop down box.

For Example:

Other Controls:

• Mute/Unmute: This allows you to mute or unmute your microphone.
  • Audio Controls (click ^ next to Mute/Unmute): The audio controls allow you to change the microphone and speaker that Zoom is currently using on your computer, leave computer audio, and access the full audio options in the Zoom settings.
• Start/Stop Video: This allows you to start or stop your own video.
  • Video controls (click ^ next to Start/Stop Video): If you have multiple cameras on your computer, you can select which Zoom is using, access the full video controls, and select a Virtual Background.
• Invite: Invite others to join your meeting.
• Manage Participants: Opens the Participants window.
• Polling: Allows you to create, edit, and launch your polls. The options to create or launch polls will open up the Zoom web portal in your default browser.
• Chat: Access the chat window to chat with the participants.
• Record: Start or stop a cloud (Pro account) or local (Basic account) recording. Pro recordings go directly into Panopto, either the host folder or directly to a class folder if that has been set up.
• Closed Caption (only available to the host): If you have enabled closed captioning for your account, click here to access the closed caption options.
• Breakout Rooms (only available to the host): Start breakout rooms.
• More: Clicking on More will give you access to additional options.
  • Live on Workplace by Facebook: Broadcast your meeting live on Workplace by Facebook.
  • Live on Custom Live Streaming Service: Broadcast your meeting live on a custom streaming platform.
• End Meeting (only available to the host): This will end the meeting for all participants. If you want to have the meeting continue, you should give another participant host control before leaving the meeting.

From: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362603-Host-and-Co-Host-Controls-in-a-Meeting