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Manage participants in a webinar

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This applies to TR Connect users only.
As an instructor or moderator, use the participants list to view the list of people currently in your webcast room and manage their webcams, microphones, and permissions.
When the participant list is hidden, select
Participants
from the toolbar.

Add/Remove participants from Stage

When you're not sharing content, webcam participants will display on the stage as a "Brady Bunch" view for up to 25 participants.
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To close out of shared content and get this view, select the X in the top-right corner of any content you have "on stage".
  • To add or remove participants from the stage, select the
    Live
     button corresponding to each user in the participant list.
  • The stage is where the broadcasting webcams and content display. To be seen and heard by class participants, you must be on stage.
  • When the
    Live
     button is red the corresponding user is currently on stage. Select
    Live
    to remove them from the stage.
  • When the
    Live
     button is white the corresponding user is not currently on stage. Select
    Live
    to add a participant to the stage.
  • If the
    Live
    button next to a participant is white and grayed out, that means the participant hasn’t enabled their webcam and/or microphone.

Manage participant webcams and microphones

  • As the instructor or moderator, you can enable or disable participants' devices.
  • You have the options to Mute All participants at the top of the participant list, or you can use mute on an individual basis.
  • The devices are selectable when the participant has turned on their webcam and/or microphone.
  • If the webcam & microphone buttons corresponding to a participant are not selectable, then the participant must first enable their webcam and/or microphone.

Set specific participant permissions

Anyone of your participants can be set as a moderator to help you manage your live session or be given limited permissions to contribute to the live session.
  1. Display the participant list.
  2. Find the participant you want to give additional permission to.
  3. Select the dropdown carrot
    (V)
     that displays when your cursor hovers over the participant.
  4. Select
    More Permissions
  5. Select the checkboxes corresponding to the permissions you want to give that user
  6. Select
    Close
Permissions are session based so giving a specific participant additional permissions in 1 session doesn’t give them those permissions automatically the next time they join.
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You can quickly see who in your participant list has permissions with the star icon next to their name. A gray star indicates that they have some permissions, while a green star indicates an instructor or "room owner". Moderators can do everything an instructor can except manage other participants permissions.

Set a participant in presenter mode

The presenter position gives prominence to a specified webcam participant. Setting a presenter helps bring focus to that participant.
A webcam placed in the presenter position enables participants to see more clearly the main speaker. The presenter is a webcam position. Presenters don’t get additional permissions.
To make a webcam participant a presenter:
  1. Hover your cursor over a webcam participant.
  2. Select the Presenter icon to the right of the microphone.
There can only be 1 presenter at a time. To unset a presenter, simply select the Presenter icon again.
The presenter webcam position has 2 different views:
  • Floating Overlay
    - When content is displayed on stage, the presenter webcam floats over the displayed content. Each participant can select and drag the presenter webcam to a position that is least in the way.
  • Full Frame
    - When there is no content displayed, the presenter webcam takes up the entire stage.

This article applies to:

  • Product: Tax Professionals Learning Center