How Do I Make a Participant a Cohost?
- Brian Hinds (Unlicensed)
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Introduction
Zoom breakout rooms allow a meeting hosts to temporarily break participants into smaller Zoom meetings for small-group discussion. Hosts can set the breakout duration, automatically or manually assign participants to rooms and may join any breakout room at any time.
Before a Meeting
Meeting owners can automatically make a paid user account a cohost for scheduled meetings by adding them as an Alternative Host.
During a Meeting: From the Zoom Classroom
Meeting hosts can make any basic or paid account participant a cohost during a meeting.
| Step | What to do |
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| 1 | Press the Participants button on the Classroom Zoom touch panel. |
| 2 | Press the name of the participant you wish to make a cohost. |
| 3 | Press Make Co-host. |
| 5 | Press OK to confirm that you would like to assign the listed participant as a meeting co-host. |
During a Meeting: From a Computer
Meeting hosts can make any basic or paid account participant a cohost during a meeting.
| Step | What to do |
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| 1 | Click the Participants |
| 2 | Hover your mouse over the participant's name and click More. |
| 3 | Click Make Co-Host. |
| 5 | They should now be a cohost in your meeting. |
