Meeting features

Desktop/laptop

After you join a meeting, the Meeting window appears. If you are the first person to join, you will be the only participant visible in the window. As others join, they will appear also.

You can use the meeting toolbar to perform various tasks. Only the meeting host can invite others to the meeting.

Share your screen

To show other participants the items on your screen, you select Share. You can share your entire screen, an application window or a tab.

Share a file

You can share a file from your desktop or from an existing conversation. You can also share a blank whiteboard and add content to it while sharing. To share a file or a whiteboard, you select Share File and select what you want to share.

View messages

Selecting Chat on the toolbar opens the Chat window where you can see any messages that have been added during the meeting.

View participants

Selecting Participants opens the Participants window, which shows all participants in the meeting at the moment and all who have been invited.

Start and stop your video

The Start Video option will start your video and the menu item changes to Stop Video. If you wish to stop the video at any time, you select Stop Video.

Mute and unmute your audio

To speak during a meeting, you must be unmuted. Depending on the host’s preferences for the meeting, you may be unmuted at the beginning of the meeting. To mute yourself, you select Mute. Similarly, you unmute yourself by selecting Unmute. There are some other options available if you select the arrow beside the Mute option.

Leave a meeting

To leave the meeting, on the toolbar, select Leave. You confirm your decision in the Leave dialog box by selecting Leave.

Mobile

After you join a meeting, the Meeting window appears. Those present will appear in colour and those invited but not yet joined will be greyed out. Only the host can invite others to join.

You can use the meeting toolbar to perform various tasks:

• You can mute or unmute yourself by selecting the microphone icon .

• You can switch sound on or off by selecting the speaker icon .

• You can switch your video on or off by selecting the video icon .

Share a file

To share files with others in the meeting, you select the Share icon  and then select Share Files.

You select the relevant option from the list and browse to the file on your device.

Share your screen

To share your screen with others in the meeting, you select the Share icon  and then select Share Screen.

You confirm that you wish to start sharing (or casting) by selecting Start now. Cohort will then share what is displayed on the screen of your device.

When you are sharing, the Share icon changes to . To stop sharing, you select this icon and select Stop Sharing.

Leave a meeting

You can leave a meeting at any time by selecting the Leave icon.

You confirm that you wish to leave by selecting Leave. Note that the meeting will not end when you leave; only the host can end the meeting.

Note: Any names or images used in screenshots are fictitious and used solely for training purposes.