Using host and cohost controls in RingCentral Webinars
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In a RingCentral webinar, hosts and cohosts can manage panelists, attendees, and the webinar. Panelists promoted to cohosts can also use the controls for these features but will lose them if they're demoted to another role.

Hosts and cohosts can control numerous elements of a webinar while it is happening.

* **Info**: Displays which hosts, cohosts, or panelists have or have not joined the webinar, and lets you resend invites and copy the attendee join link (for general webinars) or registration link (for marketing webinars).
* **Connection**: Hover over the connection icon for details about your connection speed and to diagnose issues.
* **Mute/unmute**: Click to mute or unmute your microphone.
* **Start/stop video**: Click to turn your video on or off.
* **Share**: Click to share your screen.
* **Participants** : Click to [manage panelists' audio and video](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/Managing-panelists-audio-and-video.html?brand=RingCentral&product=Webinar&language=en_US ""), and open the Attendees tab to [invite attendees to speak](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/Guest-speaking-during-a-RingCentral-Webinar.html?brand=RingCentral&product=Webinar&language=en_US "").
* **Chat** : Click to [send a chat to cohosts and panelists](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/Sending-a-chat-message-during-a-webinar.html?brand=RingCentral&product=Webinar&language=en_US "").
* **Q\&A** : Click to ask questions and to manage Q\&A sessions. Learn more about[Q\&A in RingCentral Webinar](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/Intro-to-Q_A.html?brand=RingCentral&product=Webinar&language=en_US#GUID-9f33e339-53c4-4025-9961-5d092c6a0653-en_us "").
* **Polls** : Click to [run a poll for webinar attendees](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/using-polls-during-webinar.html?brand=RingCentral&product=RingEX&language=en_US "").
* **Reactions** : Enable or disable reactions for panelists, or share reactions.
  * *Raise hand*: Displays the hand icon to get the attention of the host, moderator, or presenter.
  * *Feedback* : Asks the host, moderator, or presenter to *Slow down* or *Speed up. You can also* react with *Yes* or *No*.
  * *Status* : Used by participants to indicate *Be right back* or *Multitasking*.
  * *Feelings*: Share feelings with an emoji. You can choose to send a thumbs up, applause, surprise, laughing, or sad emoji. Note: Feeling indicators will disappear after 10 seconds.

* **Record** : Available when the webinar has gone live. Click to start [recording the webinar](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/Recording-the-webinar.html?brand=RingCentral&product=Webinar&language=en_US "").
* **More** : Click during the webinar to access the following options:
  * **[Background \& Effects](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/Managing-virtual-backgrounds-and-presentations.html?brand=RingCentral&product=Webinar&language=en_US "")**: Allows you to choose from several virtual backgrounds or create your own.
  * **[Presentation mode](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/Managing-virtual-backgrounds-and-presentations.html?brand=RingCentral&product=Webinar&language=en_US "")**: Manage how you want cohosts, panelists, and attendees to view your camera and your shared screen.
  * **Settings**: Manage audio, video, background, and presentation mode settings.
  * **Report issue**: Report an issue to our support team.
  * **Submit feature idea**: Submit a feature request to our support team.
  * **Help** : Redirects you to [support](https://support.ringcentral.com/webinar.html "")

* **End**: Click to end the webinar. If you're the host, you can leave the webinar and designate someone else as the host, or end the webinar for everyone.
* **Go live** : Click to start the webinar for everyone. Once the webinar is live, a live timer indicator will replace the **Go live** button.

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