WebEx Training Session Roles

This article entails all the WebEx training session roles and the capabilities of each one.

Host Role: The host is the person who schedules, starts and ends the session and or recordings of the session. A host can also assign roles to other participants in the session. The host role can be reassigned once in a live session.
Presenter: Responsible for sharing and annotating presentations, whiteboards, documents, and applications in a training session. There can only be one Presenter at any point during a session.
Panelist Role: The panelist is a person who has been identified as a speaker or presenter within the live session. A panelist can also assist presenters by, responding to chat messages, conduct polls, responding to questions in the Q & A panel. You can have multiple panelists in a session.
Attendee Role: Any person attending the session who is not already identified as a presenter, panelist, or host. Attendees are typically whom the session information is being presented to.

If you still have doubts about your understanding this table below shows more details of the capabilities of each role.

	Host	Presenter	Panelist	Attendee

	Host	Presenter	Panelist	Attendee
Needs Webex account
Schedule and start a session
Invite attendees
Grant privileges to attendees or panelists
Designate a presenter
Record a session	¹	²	²
End a session
Enable own microphone				*
Enable own webcam				*
Control attendee microphones
Share applications, Web browsers, and screens/desktops
View shared content
Participate in a chat (private/public)
Save chat messages to a file
Participate in discussions to which other attendees listen
Respond to public and private chat messages
Annotate shared content	*		*	*

1 - Recording can be saved on the WebEx server (.arf) or locally on the computer (.wrf).

2 - Recording can be saved only locally on the computer (.wrf).

* - Only available if presenter grants access to the request.

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