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Create breakout rooms (workshops) in an online room

Breakout rooms (workshops) help you split the room's attendees into small groups, each with its own room. This article shows room moderators how to create and manage breakout rooms.

How to create breakout rooms​

  1. Click the settings button (the gear icon) next to Users, then choose Create breakout rooms.

    The settings menu next to Users and the Create breakout rooms option

  2. Choose the Number of rooms (at least 2, at most 8).

  3. Set the Duration (minutes) (at least 5 minutes).

    The breakout rooms window with the number of rooms list and the duration field

  4. There are more settings that you can turn on if you want, or leave off.

    The extra settings in the breakout rooms window

  5. Split the attendees into breakout rooms in one of two ways:

    1. Click Randomly assign to split the attendees at random.
    2. Drag and drop names into the room you want.

    The Randomly assign button in the rooms section

    The list of unassigned attendees and the rooms you drag names into

  6. Click Create to create the breakout rooms.

    Attendees split across the rooms and the Create button

Manage breakout rooms​

Click Breakout rooms to:

  • Send a message to all breakout rooms from the Message all rooms box.
  • Join a breakout room by clicking Ask to join.

The breakout rooms panel with the Message all rooms box and the Ask to join links

Click the three dots to:

  • Change how long the breakout rooms run, with Change duration.
  • Change which room each attendee is in, with Manage users.
  • End all breakout rooms, with End breakout rooms.

The three-dots menu with Change duration, Manage users and End breakout rooms

You can move between the breakout room pages using your browser tabs.

A separate browser tab for each breakout room

How to take and give rights​

  1. Click your account icon.

    Your account name in the users list inside the breakout room

  2. Choose Take presenter.

    The Take presenter option in your account menu

  3. Click the trainee's account icon, then choose one of these options:

    • Give whiteboard access.
    • Make presenter.

    The Give whiteboard access and Make presenter options in a trainee's account menu

    A pencil icon next to the trainees who have whiteboard access

Note

You can make only one presenter in a breakout room, but you can give whiteboard access to all attendees.