How Do I Allow Participants to Join Breakout Rooms?

The meeting host can enable participants to choose their own breakout room. This helps make breakout rooms easier to manage.

If you use Pre-Assigned Breakout Rooms, the Technology and Learning Program always recommends Allowing Participants to Choose Their Own Breakout Room as a best practice. This will help busy hosts better manage their meetings because Participants can join breakout rooms on their own if problems arise. 

 

• Start your Zoom meeting. From the Zoom task bar, select Breakout Rooms.

• Select Options > Allow Participants to choose room. 

 

Opening Pre-Assigned Breakout Rooms

• Please allow some practice time with pre-assigned breakout rooms. 
• Provide the following instructions to your students BEFORE the meeting:
  • Activate your Chico State Zoom account.
  • Sign in to Zoom using the Chico State Single Sign On option.