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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.

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

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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.

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

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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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