Dynamic management of presenters of a communication session

A computing device for controlling a flow of presenters of a communication session, comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units to perform a method comprising:
• determining an individual participation score for each of individual participants of a plurality of participants of the communication session, the individual participation score is calculated based on activity factors associated with each of the individual participants during the communication session including a number of attempts a participant of the plurality of participants has made to speak, a duration the participant has spoken, and a detected confidence level that is based on a detection of a predetermined gesture of the participant;
• determining an individual recommendation score for each of the individual participants of the communication session, the individual recommendation score for the participant is based on a combination of an individual participation score for the participant, a topic familiarity score for the participant, and a timing score for the participant, wherein the timing score is based on a time of an input indicating an intent to speak, wherein the topic familiarity score is based on a level of historical activity related to a topic;
• causing a display of a moderator participant interface comprising an ordered list of participants of the communication session, wherein the participants are ordered in accordance with individual recommendation scores for each individual in the ordered list;
• and
• receiving an input from a moderator having permissions for causing a computing device associated with the participant to receive presentation permissions, the presentation permissions permitting the participant in the ordered list to share content with computing devices of other participants of the communication session.

A computer-readable storage device having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units of a system to perform a method comprising:

• determining an individual participation score for each of individual participants of a plurality of participants of a communication session, the individual participation score is calculated based on activity factors associated with each of the individual participants during the communication session including a number of attempts a participant of the plurality of participants has made to speak, a duration the participant has spoken, and a detected confidence level that is based on a detection of a predetermined gesture of the participant;
• determining an individual recommendation score for each of the individual participants of the communication session, the individual recommendation score for the participant is based on a combination of an individual participation score for the participant, a topic familiarity score for the participant, and a timing score for the participant, wherein the timing score is based on a time of an input indicating an intent to speak, wherein the topic familiarity score is based on a metric of historical activity related to a topic;
• causing a display of a moderator user interface comprising an ordered list of participants of the communication session, wherein the participants are ordered in accordance with individual recommendation scores for each individual in the ordered list;
• and
• receiving an input from a moderator having permissions for causing a computing device associated with the participant to receive presentation permissions, the presentation permissions permitting the computing device associated with the participant in the ordered list to share content with the computing devices of other participants of the communication session.