Frequently Asked Question

How do I use breakout rooms in Zoom?
Last Updated 3 years ago

Break out rooms are a tool that allows the meeting organizer to assign participants into different break rooms or mini meetings, then close the break out room and return everyone to the main meeting.
In order to use break out rooms you must activate the feature on your account, instructions are here https://ticket.fuhsd.org/kb/faq.php?id=32
Once you are facilitating a meeting here are the steps.

Step 1: Select Breakout Rooms

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Step 2: Set the number of rooms

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Step 3: Select Manual (automatic will create the rooms, distribute the students without any further input)

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Step 4: Select "Create Breakout Rooms" to start the rooms

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Step 5: Assign students to the breakout rooms, click "Assign"

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Step 6: Add students from the list that appears.

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Step 7: Click Open All Rooms

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Your students will now be messaged to join the Breakout Room They do not have to join the room.

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Step 5: End the BreakOut Rooms select "Close All Rooms"

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The system will give a 60 second warning then after those 60 seconds Zoom will close the rooms and return everyone to the main meeting.

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