Forum Discussion
Unmute participants as the meeting organizer.
HI ALL,
When in a group meeting the organizer can mute the attendees. Is it also possible for the organizer to unmute an attendee?
Thanks for the help
Louis De Clercq
Mrs_Leach Hello Megan, this is coming!
Microsoft Teams: Hard audio mute
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=66575
Hard mute students audio in a meeting (so they cannot unmute themselves)
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/599053-schools-and-universities/suggestions/39949276-hard-mute-students-audio-in-a-meeting-so-they-can
38 Replies
- Hi everyone, I'm the I.T. support for a healthcare clinic (eating disorder patients). We're also trying to find a way to give the meeting organizers full control of audio and video. We hold virtual counseling sessions and our clinicians need to be able to observe the patients' demeanor during the call. Has Teams added a way for us to prevent guests from muting or turning off their video? Thanks!
Thank you, I hope this simple request can be handled.
- No it is not. And it is for purpose. You do not want to put people into situation that suddenly somebody unmute your microphone just in the middle of the conversation which should not be heard on that particular meeting...or maybe even worse thing that people can do during the meeting 🙂 All participants can unmute themselves when needed and desired. In Teams client it is easy clicking on the icon and over PSTN bridge or Video Interop Gateway it is about combination of keys, feature code. Like #4 for example for BlueJeans Video gateway I believe.
DaveChomi I understand the teachers wanting to unmute the students who may have a problem unmuting but as a parent I feel this is an invasion of privacy. If you were to incorporate this feature maybe you can make it an option to allow the host to unmute you just like its asks you to show video or mute yourself before joining the meeting. That way the parents can allow this or not.
As a Kindergarten teacher, it would be very helpful to be able to unmute a student. When I ask a student a question, they may not know how to unmute or may not think to unmute before speaking. They then don't want to repeat what was already said. Also, many of my students would unmute themselves right after I muted them. Not to say anything, mind you, but it was a distraction when there would be a lot of background noise. It would be helpful for teachers to have more control over muting and unmuting.
As a special education teacher I work with students who have multiple disabilities. It would be nice to be able to unmute the participants as a group. Currently after teaching a lesson I need to call individual homes to have another person come and unmute my students who are unable to physically unmute themselves. I understand the original reason for not allowing the unmute all as an option but as this platform becomes a more integral part of teaching it would be nice to have different options. Like the raise your hand option is great but again is limited to those who have physical disabilities. DaveChomi
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/599053-schools-and-universities/suggestions/40053280-unmuting-a-student
