In order to better protect our student's privacy and enhance KPU's security, there are a number of changes we have made to KPU's version of Zoom than the Zoom you may have been accustomed to outside of KPU. The chart below provides a snapshot of the capabilities of each user role.
Features with an asterisk (*) can be controlled by the host.
| Feature | Host | Co-host / alternative host | Participants (Faculty, Staff, Students) |
Participating in the meeting | |||
| Start the meeting | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Mute/unmute themselves* | ✔ | ✔* | ✔* |
| Start/stop their own video | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* |
| View participants list | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Share screen | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* |
| Request or give remote control | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chat with participants (in-meeting chat) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Save in-meeting chat | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Create or edit polls | ✔ | ||
| Start polling | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Answer polls | ✔ | ||
| Assign someone to enter closed captions | ✔ | ||
| Enter closed captions | ✔ | ✔* | ✔* |
| Use call-out to join audio by phone | |||
| End meeting | ✔ | ||
| Reactions and nonverbal feedback | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Managing participants | |||
| Mute or unmute participants | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Stop participant's video | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Ask participant to start video | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Promote participant to host or co-host | ✔ | ||
| Change who attendees can chat with | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Remove attendees | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Put participants on hold | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Invite others to join | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mute controls for participants (ask to mute, mute all, mute on entry) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Assign participants to breakout rooms | ✔ | ||
Recording | |||
| Start cloud recording | ✔ *Only Faculty/ Staff | ✔ *Only Faculty/ Staff | |
| Start local recording | |||
Adatp: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360040324512-Roles-in-a-meeting