Participant Controls

Who can use this guide?

  • Room Owners, Business Users, Guests
  • Free, Pro and Business

When you are in a Whereby room, there are certain controls available to help you manage the meeting. 

These options can be accessed by hovering over the person's video and clicking on the three dots that appear in the top right corner (or their tile if their video is turned off). Below are descriptions of what each option does.

To Mute ALL participants, please click on the People icon in the bottom toolbar, then click on the top 3 dots to reveal the option to turn off everyone's cameras or microphones. 

Note

Certain options such as Mute, Turn cam off, and Remove are only available to the Room Owner

Controls Available to All Participants

  • Volume Slider: Adjust this participant's volume (for yourself only)
  • Maximize: Make this participant the largest video feed on your screen
  • Fullscreen: Make this participant's feed take up your entire screen
  • Raise hand: Prompt the current speaker that you would like to speak (or have a question)

Room Owner Only Controls

  • Spotlight: Select that speaker so their video feed is larger for everyone
  • Turn mic off: Mute that participant for everyone 
  • Turn cam off : Turn off that participant's camera
  • Request to turn cam/mic on or start screen share: Prompt participant to turn on their audio/video or share their screen (when applicable)
  • Remove: Remove this user from your room
  • Delete Chat Messages: You can remove specific chat messages by opening the chat, hovering over the message and selecting the three dots to remove.

To Mute ALL participants, please click on the People icon in the bottom toolbar, then click on the top 3 dots to reveal the option to turn off everyone's cameras or microphones. 

iOS

  • Fullscreen: Make this user's feed take up your entire screen
  • Zoom out: Zoom out (or in)
  • Spotlight (Room Owner only): Select speaker so their video feed is larger for everyone
  • Turn mic off /on (Room Owner Only): Mute this user for everyone 
  • Turn cam off/on (Room Owner Only): Turn off this user's camera
  • Mute/Unmute: Locally mute or unmute the user for yourself only 
  • Remove (Room Owner Only): Remove the user from the meeting

Android

  • Volume Slider: Adjust this participant's volume (for yourself only)
  • Zoom out: Zoom out (or in)
  • Maximize: Make this participant the largest video feed on your screen
  • Fullscreen: Make this participant's feed take up your entire screen

Room Owner Only Controls

  • Spotlight: Select speaker so their video feed is larger for everyone
  • Turn mic off: Mute that participant for everyone 
  • Turn cam off: Turn off that participant's camera
  • Remove: Remove this user from your room
  • Request to turn cam/mic on or start screen share: Prompt participant to turn on their audio/video or share their screen (when applicable)