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Workshop recording: Teams Meetings breakout rooms

Edited recording of workshop from September 2021. This workshop covers:

  1. requirements for creating and participating in breakout rooms in Teams. 
  2. review breakout room assignments.
  3. review the permissions in breakout rooms.
  4. demonstration of how to create breakout rooms.
  5. explore breakout rooms as a participant.

New functionality has been added since this recording. Meeting organisers can now appoint designated presenters or co-organisers as breakout room managers before or during a meeting. Please note: Only one person can manage a meeting's breakout rooms at a time. 

Screencast: Zoom create breakout rooms

Short screencast from Zoom on how to create breakout rooms during a meeting.

Screencast: Zoom self select breakout rooms

Overview of how to set up breakout rooms so that students can choose which breakout room to join. This is a great feature for facilitating ice-breaker activities.

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