Managing panelists' audio and video
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Panelists have the ability to share their video, mute or unmute their audio, and share screens during a webinar. The host can configure these settings during webinar creation and have the ability to change those settings once in a session. Cohosts can also manage and control the audio and video during a webinar for their panelists. Hosts and cohosts can mute or unmute panelists' audio, turn videos on and off, and allow or disallow them to screen share.

Muting or unmuting audio
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Hosts and cohosts can mute and unmute the audio of all panelists. They can also request to mute or unmute individual panelists.

### Muting or unmuting audio for all panelists

* During a webinar, click **Participants**.
* Click the **muted microphone** icon on the top bar to mute cohosts and panelists.

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* Click the**microphone** icon on the top bar to request panelists to unmute their audio.

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### Muting or unmuting audio of one panelist

* During a webinar, click **Participants**.
* Click the **microphone**icon beside the panelist's name that you want to mute or unmute.

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Asking to turn on or off video
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Hosts and cohosts can request to turn on or off the video of all panelists. They can also request to turn on or off the video of each panelist.

### Asking to turn on or off video for all panelists

* During a webinar, click **Participants**.
* Click the **More**icon on the top bar.
* Click **Turn off all videos** to disallow all videos of panelists.
* Click**Request to turn on all videos** to allow panelists to show their videos.

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### Asking to turn on or off video of one panelist

* During a webinar, click **Participants**.
* Click the **video**icon beside the panelist's name that you want to request to turn on or off the video.

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Allowing or disallowing screen-sharing
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Only hosts and cohosts can screen share content during a webinar by default. They can also allow panelists to share their screens if they want to.

* During a webinar, click **Participants**.
* Click the **More** icon on the top bar.
* Select **Host, cohosts, and panelists** under **Allow screen-sharing** .

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* Select **Only host \& cohosts** to disallow panelists from screen-sharing.