Alert them that it’s time for them to take an active role! If they’ve been watching the teacher talk or present, they may have slipped into a passive observer role.

Prime students to go from passive to active mode.

in iLearn or a Google or Box doc) beforehand. As a result, if your students need access to group work instructions while in their breakout rooms, then you’ll want to give students a link to those instructions (e.g. Instead, students now have all these tools inside their respective breakout rooms, accessible only to the students in that room. When students are placed into breakout rooms, they will no longer have access to anything that is happening in the main Zoom room, including the main room chat, your screenshare, your video, or your audio. Prepare students and provide instructions before you place them into breakout rooms Students may also request that the teacher joins their room.

Teachers may join any room at any time.

a one-minute reflection prompt) to complete while rooms are being created.

If a teacher is going to create breakout rooms manually, it is recommended to give students an individual thinking task (e.g.

Manual assignments have to be recreated each time Zoom cannot save them.Teachers can assign students to breakout rooms manually.Note: This is the quickest, easiest option.

Zoom can assign students to breakout rooms randomly by number of rooms.Teachers may enter any breakout room at any time and switch between them. Teachers can choose to split students into breakout rooms automatically or manually. Breakout rooms allow teachers to split Zoom meeting into small group rooms.

Zoom join breakout room