Sometimes the default webinar team roles do not suffice for your webinar or setup. This why you can create custom roles. With custom roles you can give a team member specific abilities.
To add a new team member with a custom role you can follow the steps below.
Select your webinar and click on “Edit webinar”.
Scroll down to webinar team and "Click “+ Add team member”.
Select “Custom”. You can now select specific abilities for a user.
Learn hands-on how to co-present with your team here!
The following abilities are available:
Ability | What does it allow the team member to do? |
Start and stop webinar | The ability to start and end the webinar. You can also change the video layout. |
Manage the stage | The ability to bring other presenters on screen or enable/disable their microphone. Here you can read more about managing your webinar team.
You can also change the video layout. |
Enable audio & video | The ability to share your own audio and video.
Screen sharing is also possible with this ability. |
Manage interactions | The ability to start and end interactions.
All team members can see the results of past interactions. |
Manage slides | The ability to share a presentation and navigate through the slides. This is only possible if you can share your audio/video. |
Manage video injections | The ability to share videos and end them during the webinar. |
Manage chat | The ability to chat and manage private conversations. It’s not possible to enable/disable the chat.
All team members can send messages in the host chat and public chat.
The ability to start live Q&A answers and answer Q&A questions with text. |
Enable or disable chat | The ability to enable/disable the private and public chat and to change the Q&A mode. |
Manage attendees | The ability to see how many attendees are present and manage them. You can also see attendee details and ban them from the webinar. |
Please note! If you want to give a team member all abilities, you can instead create a main presenter.
Please note! If you give multiple team members the ability to start and stop the webinar, it is recommended to coordinate with team members who starts and stops the webinar to avoid confusion.