Zoom searches have become the new normal in today’s pandemic world, especially for users who regularly host meetings. All meetings, lectures and even regular calls are made via Zoom. But when hosting a conference, webinar or other type of virtual event, you may need a helping hand to run it smoothly.
In a Zoom meeting, especially when it involves a large number of participants, it becomes a difficult task for the host to manage everyone. This is where the co-hosting option comes into play. By having additional hosts for a meeting, you can keep the meeting organized and concentrate on the meeting’s agenda.
The Zoom app has the ability to assign co-hosts for a meeting for such scenarios. We’ll show you how to assign co-hosts in Zoom on Windows and Android. Having said that, let’s get straight to the article itself.
Who Exactly Is a Co-host
Before we continue and look at the steps to assign a co-host in Zoom on Windows and Android devices, let’s understand exactly who the co-host is.
You can look to the co-host as an extra helping hand for a meeting. You can assign admin controls and other hosting privileges to another user to take the burden off of managing a meeting.
The controls can be anything ranging from managing the meeting’s participants or starting/stopping recording. Currently, you can set up or assign as many co-hosts as you want for a meeting or webinar.
Making someone a co-host comes with some advantages and limitations
Benefits of assigning a Co-Host
You can multitask and focus on the meeting agenda. Meanwhile, the Co-Host can manage and assist the other attendees of the meeting. Even if you choose co-hosts, you are still in control of being in the meeting and ending the meeting.
Limitations of the Assistant Server
Co-hosts cannot change host or choose other co-hosts. Also, co-hosts cannot initiate captions or live streams. Similarly, co-hosts cannot end meetings or start a waiting room for all attendees.
Prerequisites
Before you can assign the role during a Zoom meeting, you must first enable the co-host feature in your Zoom account. An important point to note here is that this feature is only available in the paid version of the Zoom account.
While the free version has many features of its own, at the end of the day these are the basics. The paid version of a Zoom account has several benefits, such as assigning a co-host. Therefore, you need to upgrade to Pro version or higher to use co-hosting.
How to Enable Co-host on Zoom Account
Here are the steps you need to follow on your Zoom account to enable co-hosting.
Stage 1: Go to the Zoom website in your browser and sign in with your Zoom credentials.
Step 2: Click the MY ACCOUNT button located in the upper right corner of the Zoom website.
Stage 3: You will see multiple options in the left pane. Click on Settings.
Step 4: Click (Basic) in the meeting and look for Co-Host and toggle the switch to On.
After enabling the Assistant Host feature in your Zoom account, you can assign an assistant host during the meeting.
How to Assign a Companion Host in Zoom on Windows
Here’s how to appoint a co-host during a meeting in Zoom for Windows.
Stage 1: Download the latest version of the Zoom desktop client app from the official website.
Step 2: Sign in with your account and start a meeting.
Stage 3: Click on any of the participants you want to co-host to bring it to the center of the meeting interface. Next, right-click on the video feed and select Make Co-host.
Step 4: Clicking on Make Co-host will open a confirmation message. Here, select Yes to confirm the action.
Step 5: Alternatively, you can co-host any of the participants from the right side of the Zoom meeting interface. All you have to do is move the cursor to the participant’s name, right-click on it and select Make Co-host.
Step 6: A confirmation dialog will open where you have to click the Yes button to confirm your action.
How to Assign a Co-host in Zoom App for Android?
If you’re using the Zoom Android app, you can also appoint a co-host during a Zoom meeting using the app. Here are the steps:
Stage 1: Install the latest version of the Zoom Android app on your smartphone from the Google Play Store.
Step 2: Open the app and login to your account.
Stage 3: Start a meeting. After all attendees have joined the meeting, select Attendees from the bottom menu bar.
Step 4: Tap the participant’s name. Select Make co-host from the list of options displayed.
Step 5: A confirmation dialog will appear. You must click the Yes button to confirm the action.
This way you can make someone co-host for your meeting.
Get a Helping Hand at Zoom
We hope this guide clarified everything on how to assign a co-host in Zoom for Windows and Android app. You can follow the same steps and click or tap the Remove Co-host button to close the assigned participant’s role.
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