Video Conference Call Operations

Once a video conference is under way, the controls you can use depend on your role. Hosts have full command of the meeting, while participants manage their own audio, video, and screen sharing. This page lists what each role can do and walks through the in-meeting interface.

What each role can do

The table below summarizes the actions available to hosts and participants during a live meeting.

Action	Host	Participant
Turn your own microphone on or off, or change audio settings	Yes	Yes
Mute everyone at once	Yes	No
Mute an individual participant	Yes	No
Ask a participant to unmute	Yes	No
Turn your own camera on or off, or change camera settings	Yes	Yes
Turn off an individual participant’s camera	Yes	No
Ask a participant to turn on their camera	Yes	No
Share your screen	Yes	Yes
Leave the meeting	Yes	Yes
End the meeting for everyone	Yes	No
Open the participants list	Yes	Yes
Invite others to join	Yes	Yes
Remove a participant	Yes	No

The in-meeting interface

A live meeting is made up of a main content area that shows everyone’s video, a toolbar of meeting controls, and a set of view shortcuts.

View shortcuts

Use these controls to change how the meeting is laid out and to grab the join details:

• Open the invitation details so you can share them.
• Gallery view, showing a thumbnail of every participant.
• Active speaker view, showing a large window for whoever is currently talking.
• Full-screen mode.

Main content area

The main area displays the video feed of everyone in the meeting. Hover over your own tile to check your network signal strength and to toggle your microphone or camera.

Note

As the host, you can apply those same controls to any participant. Hover over a participant’s tile, click and choose Remove to drop that person from the meeting.

Toolbar

The toolbar gives you access to the Cloud Voice video conferencing controls.

Microphone

• Mute or unmute yourself.
• Choose which microphone or speaker to use.

Camera

• Turn your camera on or off.
• Choose which camera to use.

Share Screen

Share your whole screen, a single browser tab, or one application window with the meeting.

Note

To include your computer’s audio in the share, select the Share audio checkbox.

Chat

Send messages to participants in real time.

Participants

• See everyone currently in the meeting.
• Manage your own microphone and camera.
• Copy the invitation details.

As the host, you also get controls for each participant’s microphone and camera:

• or , turn a participant’s microphone or camera off directly.
• or , send a request asking the participant to turn their microphone or camera back on.
• Mute All: mute every participant at once.

End

• Leave the meeting.
• End the meeting.

Caution

Leave removes only you and lets the meeting continue. End closes the meeting for everyone at once and cannot be undone, so use it only when you truly want to stop the session. Ending the meeting is available to the host only.

Upload logs

Report a problem that happens during the meeting.

Caution

When you upload logs, a pop-up window appears with details about the report. Write down that information before closing the window, as you may need it for support.