Managing a meeting

The creator of video meetings automatically becomes the host and can mute participants, turn off their cameras and screen sharing,. For example, if someone forgets to mute their mic during a lecture, the host can mute everyone. If a meeting is too large or hard to manage, the host can appoint co-hosts to help.

To see who the host is, open the list of participants.

  1. Mute participants
  2. Turn off video
  3. Stop screen sharing
  4. Make a co-host
  5. Remove users from the meeting

Mute participants

There are several ways to mute a meeting participant:

In the participants list
  1. Open the list of meeting participants .
  2. Find the person you want to mute.
  3. Click on the right of their name.
In the participant menu
  1. Open the list of meeting participants .
  2. Find the person you want to mute.
  3. Click on the right of their name.
  4. Choose Mute.

The person will see the message “The host muted you”. After that, they can unmute their microphone any time, as usual.

As the host, you can also mute everyone who has joined the meeting with audio:

  1. In the list of meeting participants, go to Invite participants.
  2. Click on the right.
  3. Choose Mute everyone.

Turn off video

There are several ways to turn off a meeting participant's video:

  1. Open the list of meeting participants .
  2. Find the person you want to turn off the camera for.
  3. Click on the right of their name.
  4. Choose Turn off camera.

The person will see the message “Camera turned off by host”. After that, they can turn their camera back on any time, as usual.

As the host, you can also turn off the camera for everyone who has joined the meeting with video:

  1. In the list of meeting participants, go to Invite participants.
  2. Click on the right.
  3. Choose Turn off everyone's camera.

Stop screen sharing

  1. Open the list of meeting participants .
  2. Find the person who's sharing their screen.
  3. Click on the right of their name.
  4. Choose Stop sharing.

The person will see the message “Screen sharing stopped by host”. After that, they can share their screen again any time.

Make a co-host

To become a co-host, a person needs to be logged in to Yandex Telemost with their Yandex ID.

  1. Open the list of meeting participants .
  2. Find a person you want to make another co-host.
  3. Click to the right of their name.
  4. Choose Make co-host.

The person will see the message: “<Name> made you the meeting co-host”.

Remove users from the meeting

The host and co-hosts can remove users from the meeting:

  1. Open the list of meeting participants .
  2. Find the person you want to remove.
  3. Click to the right of their name.
  4. Select Remove from meeting.

Users who are removed see the message: “You were removed from this meeting”.