How do my students work in small groups?

Zoom Breakout Rooms

Details: While in a Zoom session, students can be sent out to virtual breakout rooms and you can pop into those rooms to interact with the groups individually.
Best practice: You will want a detailed plan for your breakout rooms, who will be in them, instructions for students, etc.

You will be using Zoom Breakout Rooms for small group work

What is a Zoom Breakout Room and when should I use it?

Zoom Breakout rooms are small group meetings within a larger Zoom meeting. This permits students to meet in smaller groups. Breakout rooms allow you to split your Zoom meeting in up to 50 separate sessions. You can choose to split your students into separate sessions automatically or manually, and you can switch between sessions at any time. Use breakout rooms to encourage small group discussions and to facilitate group projects.

Examples of how you can use Breakout rooms include:

Teamwork and collaborative projects
Role playing activities
Planning and Brainstorming
Small group discussions

Examples of Breakout rooms in use:

Icebreaker/Getting to Know You Activity Links to an external site.

Brainstorming/Planning Activity Links to an external site.

Procurement Breach Event Case Study Links to an external site.

Procurement Scenario Case Study Links to an external site.

Role Playing Activity Links to an external site.

How do I create Breakout rooms?

From a Zoom meeting, click on the Breakout Rooms button on the bottom right of your Zoom conference window
Enter the number of rooms you would like to create
Select whether you would like Zoom to create the groups Automatically or if you will sort the students into rooms If you choose automatically, steps 4-6 will be done for you
If you are creating them manually, click the Create Rooms This opens the Selection Window.
Click Assign next to the first Breakout room and then check the box next to the students you want in that room.
Repeat until all students are sorted into rooms
Once everyone is assigned, click Open All Rooms
Users will be prompted to join their assigned Breakout rooms
You can move between rooms by clicking Join next to each room
To leave the Breakout room, click the Breakout Rooms button to open the Selection Window and then click Leave or Join (to join a different room)
To end the Breakout room session, click the Close All Rooms button

Learn to do more with Breakout rooms

Getting Started with Breakout Rooms Links to an external site.

Managing Breakout Rooms Links to an external site.

Participating in Breakout Rooms Links to an external site.