Pre-Assigned Breakout Rooms in Zoom: From A Canvas Course

To Get Started

1. Go to zoom.temple.edu
2. Select “Sign In”
3. Select “Setting” on you Zoom navigation
4. Scroll to the “In Meeting (Advanced)” options and select the Breakout Room radio button.
5. Check the box to “Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms when scheduling”

Pre-Assigned Breakout Rooms
(if you have created your sessions through Canvas)

1. Log in to Canvas and select “Zoom” from the Global Navigation Menu (far left sidebar menu).
2. You should see the list of sessions you scheduled for you class listed
3. Select the first “Topic” link under your scheduled sessions.
   
4. You will be taken to your session’s information page, scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Edit this Meeting.”
5. Select the check box for “Registration”
   
6. Select “Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences”
7. Go to the bottom of the page and click “Save”

View Registration List

Once your students have registered, you’ll need to the full list of registrants to pre-set your Breakout Sessions

1. Go to zoom.temple.edu
2. Select “Sign In”
3. Select “Meetings” on you Zoom navigation to left
   You will now see all of you scheduled sessions from Canvas
4. Select the first “Topic” link under your scheduled sessions. You will be taken to your session’s information page.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the “Registration” tab
6. Select “View” to the right

Use this list of email registrations to create your pre-assigned breakout rooms

Note: You will now need to open a new tab in your browser to assign the registrants to your Breakout Sessions

Add Students to Pre-Assigned Breakouts

1. Now, go to zoom.temple.edu
2. Select “Sign In”
3. Select “Meetings” on your left Zoom navigation
   
4. You will now see all of you scheduled sessions from Canvas
5. Select the first “Topic” link under your scheduled sessions. You will be taken to your session’s information page.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Edit this Meeting.” You will be prompted with the pop-up box below.
7. Select “All”
   
8. You will now see “Breakout Room pre-assign” as an option
   
9. Select “+ Create Rooms”
   
10. Select “+” to add the number of Breakout Rooms that you would like
11. In each room you can add a participant by email
    1. It is best to look at the registration list for this and enter individually each email your students registered with (below are instructions to view your registration list)
    2. When you are done imputing your student’s emails, select “Save”

Pre-Assigned Breakout Rooms
(if you have created your sessions through the Zoom site)

1. Go to zoom.temple.edu
2. Select “Sign In”
3. Select “Meetings” on you Zoom navigation to left
   You should see the list of sessions you scheduled for you class listed
4. Select the first “Topic” link under your scheduled sessions. You will be taken to your session’s information page.
   
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Edit this Meeting.”
6. Select the check box for “Registration”
   
7. Select “Attendees register once and can attend any of the occurrences”
8. Scroll down and select the check box for “Breakout Room pre-assign” as an option
9. Select “+ Create Rooms”
10. Select “+” to add the number of Breakout Rooms that you would like
    
11. In each room you can add a participant by email
    1. It is best to look at the registration list for this and enter individually each email your students registered with (above are instructions to view your registration list)
    2. When you are done imputing your student’s emails, select “Save”