

This allows students to wrap-up their conversation before returning to the main room. Lastly, you can include a buffer between when you close a breakout room and when students must return to the main session by setting the countdown timer.Breakout rooms can be set to remain open for a certain number of minutes.


They will be prompted to do this after you select “Open All Rooms”Ĭlicking “Create Breakout Rooms” will bring up a new window with a list of rooms.

You will then be prompted to assign students into rooms. To begin the Breakout Room process, click the “Breakout Rooms” icon in your Zoom menu bar. Meeting co-hosts have the same privileges to manage breakout rooms as the host (Zoom 5.4.6 and above). However, you can visit individual Breakout Rooms to check in on the discussions happening in a particular room. As the host, you will not be sorted into one of the breakout rooms, and cannot hear what is being discussed in the Breakout Rooms. This is a useful function for facilitating discussion, as participants can be grouped into smaller groups that allow for more interaction and dialogue. The Breakout Rooms function allows you to split your participants up into multiple smaller Zoom sessions.
