Chapter 26 Moderator

Promoting to Moderator

Moderators can promote any participant to the moderator role, granting them full administrative rights. Unlike the presenter role, multiple participants can hold the moderator role simultaneously.

Granting Moderator Rights

Click on the participant's name in the participant list.

Select Promote to moderator from the context menu.

The participant immediately receives all moderator capabilities. Their icon in the participant list changes from a round shape (participant) to a square shape (moderator).

A promoted moderator gains access to all moderation features, including:

  • The gear menu with participant management options
  • The ability to mute, remove, and manage other participants
  • Access to recording controls
  • Lock settings and waiting room management

Revoking Moderator Rights

Click on the moderator's name in the participant list.

Select Demote to participant from the context menu.

The person loses all moderator capabilities and returns to the regular participant role. Their icon changes back to a round shape.

Unlike the presenter role (where only one person can be presenter at a time), multiple moderators can exist simultaneously. This makes it easy to set up co-moderation for team-taught sessions.

Common Use Cases

  • Co-moderation — grant a colleague moderator rights so you can manage the meeting together.
  • Technical support — temporarily promote an IT staff member to moderator so they can troubleshoot settings.
  • Training exercises — promote all participants to moderator so they can practice using the moderation tools.

Be careful when promoting participants to moderator. A moderator can remove other participants, change settings, and even demote other moderators. Only promote people you trust with full administrative control.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Unlike the presenter role, multiple participants can hold the moderator role simultaneously. All moderators have equal administrative rights.

Yes. All moderators have equal rights. A promoted moderator can demote other moderators, so only promote people you trust.

The remaining moderators retain their rights. If all moderators leave and only regular participants remain, no one will have moderation capabilities until a moderator rejoins.

The promotion lasts for the duration of the current meeting session. When the meeting ends and a new session starts, roles are reset based on the join link used (moderator link or guest link).