Raising Your Hand
How to Raise Your Hand
Click the hand raise button in the control bar. Your hand raise is visible to the moderator and appears as an indicator on your video feed and in the People list.
There's a 3-second cooldown between raises to prevent accidental spam.
What Happens Next
When you raise your hand, the moderator sees your request and can:
- Approve — you'll be granted speaker access (a session grant), which lets you unmute your microphone and enable your camera even if the room is in speakers-only mode
- Deny — your hand is lowered without granting speaker access
Lowering Your Hand
You can lower your own hand at any time by clicking the hand raise button again.
The moderator can also lower all hands at once — for example, between topics in a Q&A session.
When to Use It
Hand raising is most useful when the Ripple is in speakers-only mode — where only speakers and moderators can unmute. It's the standard way to request a turn to speak in structured sessions like webinars, classes, or panels.
Related
- Speakers-Only Mode — how hosts control who can speak
- Hand Raise Management — the host's view of hand raises
- Session Grants — how speaker access is granted