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Starting with WBS40.9, the Cohost role replaces the Alternate Host role. 

Cohosts can:

• Start and host the meeting for you.

• Mute or unmute some or all participants.

• Permit or prevent attendees from unmuting themselves after the host or cohost mutes them.

• Share multimedia.

• Move attendees to and from the lobby.

• Expel attendees.

• Invite and remind attendees.

• Manage breakout sessions

• Join breakout sessions to help attendees.

• End the meeting.

• Lock or unlock the meeting.

Read more about cohost privileges.

Tell Me

1. Go to umbc.webex.com and sign in using your UMBC credentials.
   
   

2. Click on the SCHEDULE BUTTON on your WebEx homepage:

   
   
   
   

3. Enter a meeting topic and click the drop-down menu under DATE AND TIME to adjust the desired date and time of the meeting:

   
   
   

4. Click the DONE BUTTON to save this information.
   
   

5. In the ATTENDEES FIELD, enter the email addresses of your attendees, separated by commas.
   
   

6. After you have added your attendees, click the MEETING ROLE BUTTON to designate cohost status. The icon will turn blue to indicate that an attendee is a cohost:

   

   
   
   

7. Click the SCHEDULE or START BUTTON to save and schedule the meeting: