Forum Discussion
Can admin set the default role of meeting participants to attendee instead of presenter?
mayysyeung Yes, the teacher (as organizer) can Go to Meeting Settings and change who can be the Presenter. If you change this from "Everyone" to "Just me" the students can only see everything and can't edit.
KoenK Thanks for your reply... But can teachers still do so if they have to use the "Meet Now" function in private channels?
mayysyeung They can do this in private channels, but only with planned meetings (plan a meeting, click on the dots and select details, then select meeting options), but not when they use 'meet now'. We're facing the exact same problems. Because everyone is presenter by default, students are muting teachers and taking over presentations. The only thing a teacher can do during a 'meet now' meeting is:
Click Show participants in the meeting controls to see a list of the people in the people in the meeting. Hover over the name of the person whose role you want to change and click More options. From there, select Make a presenter or Make an attendee.
More info: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/roles-in-a-teams-meeting-c16fa7d0-1666-4dde-8686-0a0bfe16e019I'm really hoping that 'Attendee as default' will become an option in the global policy in the Teams admin center.Daniele Ingrassia The gruesome situation is we CANNOT schedule meetings in private channels... (facepalm)
I've misread your question (private teams instead of private channels) and you're correct. That's.... really weird. I already figured out that you can't record a meeting in a private channel (which is understandable, but you can't enable it in Admin either). But not able to schedule a meeting is kinda bizar.