# Participating in meetings
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Amazon Chime provides several tools for interacting with other attendees in a meeting. For example, you can raise your hand, show or hide video tiles, and use the in-meeting chat panel to send messages to meeting attendees. The following topics start from the left side of the meetings window.

**Topics**
+ [Understanding the left control bar](left-control-bar.md)
+ [Using meeting bridge information](meeting-bridge.md)
+ [Using the meeting roster](attendees-panel.md)
+ [Using in-meeting chat](meeting-chat.md)
+ [Using closed captions](closed-captions.md)
+ [Changing your media layout](change-media-layout.md)
+ [Taking other actions during a meeting](other-actions.md)
+ [Recording a meeting](record-meeting.md)
+ [Raising your hand during meetings](raise-hand.md)
+ [Using the floating call control bar](call-control-bar.md)
+ [Using audio during meetings](using-audio.md)
+ [Using video during meetings](use-video.md)
+ [Sharing your screen during an Amazon Chime meeting](screen-share.md)