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Created Self-Assigned Breakout Rooms

The Zoom breakout room feature now gives hosts an option that allows participants to select the breakout room that they would like to join. This feature would work well for collaborative activities where students are given a choice to select topics or need to easily move between rooms during the meeting. 

Important note: This self-selected breakout room feature requires that the host and participants are using  the latest version of the Zoom application on their device.  To ensure this is not an issue, you should regularly check for an update on your meeting computer or download and reinstall  the current version of the Zoom application.  

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Managing Breakout Rooms

Participating in Breakout Rooms for students

Step 2: Select the desired number of breakout rooms from the drop-down menu.

Step 3:  Select Let participants choose room from the breakout room options. 

Step 4: Click Create.

Step 5:  To update the title of a room, hover you mouse over the room and then click Rename. Enter the new title and push enter/return on your key board.

Step 6: To add additional rooms, click Add a Room. 

Step 7: Click Open all Rooms to prompt students to choose a room. 

Step 8: Click Join to enter a room as the host. 

Step 9: Send a communication to all meeting rooms by clicking Broadcast Message to All. 

Step 10: Click Close All Rooms to return everyone to the main meeting room. 

Host Controls Once in a Breakout Room 

A host has full access to meeting rooms options once inside a breakout room.

Step 1: Click the Breakout Rooms button to view the room list and meeting room options.

Step 2: Click Join to enter a different meeting room.