Breakout rooms

Where: In a live session → Rooms (or the button with four tiles at the bottom)

Split participants into small groups. In their room everyone may speak, use their camera, share their screen and draw together on a whiteboard – rights they don’t have in the main room. Back in the main room, the usual rights apply again.

How to

1. Choose the number of rooms and the time (or “No time limit”). “Spread people automatically” spreads those present at random, at least two per room; with “Assign them myself” everyone stays in the main room at first. Then “Open rooms”.
2. Drag people onto a room (or back onto “Main room”). Without a mouse, use the “⋯” menu next to their name under “People”.
3. Click a room’s name to rename it. “Visit” takes you into a room, “Back to the main room” out again.
4. The time left is at the top; “+5 min” extends it, “No time limit” lifts it. A minute before the end, everyone in the rooms sees a notice; when time is up, the rooms close by themselves.
5. “Message to all rooms” appears for everyone, e.g. “5 minutes left”. “Bring everyone back” closes the rooms right away.

Tip

• The rooms’ whiteboards stay under “Teach → Whiteboard” afterwards, with the groups’ results.