Before you get started, make sure you have the desktop app You can create meetings in any version of Teams, but you'll need Teams for Windows or Mac to create breakout rooms for your students. Students can join from any version of Teams. Next, schedule a meeting or Meet now
Important: These features are not currently supported in breakout rooms:
Create breakout rooms before meeting
As soon as the meeting starts, you can open the breakout rooms.
Create breakout rooms during meeting
Assign participants to rooms If you chose Automatically, participants will be assigned to different breakout rooms. If you chose Manually, you'll be able to sort participants into specific rooms:
Note: For recurring class meetings, the same rooms and room assignments will be available for the next meeting.
Rename rooms Name your breakout rooms to represent smaller student groups or projects.
Set a time limit for the breakout session Keep your class on schedule and aware of the time they have left by setting a timer. A timer will be visible in each breakout room. When time is up, breakout rooms will close automatically, and your students will return to the main class meeting.
Start breakout rooms First, select Breakout rooms .To start rooms individually:
To start rooms all at once: You'll know rooms have successfully opened when their status changes to Open.
Join a breakout room To join a room and check on its progress:
Send an announcement to breakout rooms Once breakout rooms have started, send announcements to share time updates or prompts.
Move students to different rooms Move participants to different breakout rooms individually.
Chat with participants in a breakout room Each breakout room will have its own chat. You and your students will be able to access it from your chats list and from Chat in the breakout room, just like regular meetings.
Add or delete a breakout room To add an additional breakout room:
To delete an individual breakout room:
To delete all breakout rooms at once:
Close breakout rooms When you close a breakout room, the participants will automatically return to the main meeting. To close rooms individually:
To close rooms all at once:
You'll know rooms have successfully closed when their status changes to Closed.
Tip: If you reopen rooms later on, room assignments will remain the same unless you reassign participants or recreate rooms from scratch.
Save files, recordings, and notes from breakout rooms Files, recordings, and notes from a breakout room can be accessed in its chat. You and your students will be able to access these materials after the room has closed, but students will not be able to continue chatting or add additional materials.
Edit breakout room settings To edit settings, select Breakout rooms > Rooms settings .By default, breakout rooms will be set to automatically move students into opened rooms. If you'd like to change this setting, switch the toggle for Automatically move people into opened rooms to off. When the automatic setting is turned off, students will receive a message asking them to join a breakout room. They will need to select Join room before being moved.
By default, this setting will be off. To turn it on, switch the toggle next to Participants can return to the main meeting on. This will allow students to leave their breakout rooms and return to the main meeting.
Gain insight into your students’ activity in their class meeting breakout rooms with attendance reports. See which room each student joined, when they entered, and when they left. To see breakout room details from your class meeting:
Note: Attendance reports don’t include data from deleted breakout rooms.
Recreate rooms from scratch Reconfigure rooms and assignments by returning to the meeting controls and repeating the breakout room creation process.
First, join a class meeting Students can join breakout rooms from Teams on Windows, Mac, mobile, or web browsers including Edge, Chrome, and others.
Note: Only meeting organizers can create breakout rooms.
Join a breakout room
Chat in a breakout room Each breakout room will have its own chat. You'll be able to access it from your chats list and from Chat in the breakout room.
Return to the main meeting
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