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How to Create Breakout Rooms in Zoom

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Follow these steps to setup, assign, and manage breakout rooms in a Zoom meeting to split participants into smaller groups.

1. Start a Zoom meeting and open More options
Begin your Zoom meeting as the host. In the meeting toolbar, click the More button.

2. Select Breakout Rooms
From the More menu options, click Breakout Rooms to begin creating room assignments.

3. Choose number of rooms and assign participants
Decide how many breakout rooms to create. Then assign participants either Automatically or Manually based on your preference.

4. Open all breakout rooms
Once all participants are assigned, click Open All Rooms to send users into their breakout sessions.

5. Close breakout rooms when ready
When you're finished with breakout sessions, click Close All Rooms. Participants will receive a notification and return to the main meeting.

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