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Explore the options available for live online teaching.

Use breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams

This linkedIn Learning resource walks you through the steps of creating and managing breakouts rooms in Teams. 
It shows how breakout rooms can be organised in advance of the meeting and also while it is occurring. 

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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. The video includes how to set up breakout rooms where students choose which breakout room to join.

Screencast: Zoom pre-assign breakout rooms

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