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To raise your hand in a Teams meeting, click the hand icon on the Toolbar.
![/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/meeting controls hand.png](/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/meeting controls hand.png)
Clicking again will lower your hand.
![/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/meeting controls4.PNG](/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/meeting controls4.PNG)
The meeting organizers/presenters will see a notification on the participant list icon on their toolbar which indicates that a hand has been raised.
![/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/handraise2.PNG](/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/handraise2.PNG)
When your hand is raised, you will appear at the top of the participant list with a hand icon next to your name.
![/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/handraise1.PNG](/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/handraise1.PNG)
On a mobile device, raising your hand requires you to click the ellipses.
![](https://www.hendrix.edu/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/handraisemobile1.png)
Then, the hand icon will appear in the pop-up menu.
![/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/raisehandmobile2.png](/uploadedimages/Campus_Resources/Technology_Services_and_HelpDesk/HelpDesk/Articles/raisehandmobile2.png)