Zoom: Create and Manage Breakout Rooms in a Meeting

Environment

U-M Zoom

Issue

How do I create and manage breakout rooms in a Zoom meeting I host?

Resolution

Breakout rooms allow you to break your Zoom meeting into separate sessions. The meeting host or co-host(s) can split the meeting participants into these separate sessions automatically, manually, or allow participants to self-select.

Refer to Zoom Support for information on ​​​​​​creating and managing breakout rooms.

• Up to 100 breakout rooms can be created and run concurrently during one meeting.
• The participant limit is equal to the number of meeting participants.
• Breakout room participants have full audio, video, and screen share capabilities. 
  • Hosts can turn off screen sharing capabilities for participants.
• Breakout rooms are not available for webinars in U-M Zoom.
• If the meeting is being cloud recorded, it will only record the main meeting and not the breakout rooms, regardless of what room the meeting host is in.
  • It's only possible to record in breakout rooms with local recording. The host must allow specific participants to record locally to record their rooms. Multiple participants can be permitted to record locally.

Additional Information

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