Note: If you plan to use pre-assigned groups, you must add them before starting the meeting. You can do so by following instructions here. 

1. Select “Breakout Rooms” from the menu bar. 
   • If you are sharing your screen, you can hover your pointer over the green “you are sharing screen” rectangle to access the menu. 
   • If you do not see “Breakout Rooms” in the menu, it can be found under “More”. 

Next steps for randomly assigned, manually assigned, or self-assigned groups 

1. Indicate the number of breakout rooms. 
2. Choose “Automatically” for a random assignment or “Manually” to select attendees for each group. 
3. Click “Create”
   
4. If you have selected “Manually”:
   • Click “Assign” to the right of each room and select the attendees for that room
   • Click “Open All Rooms”
5. If you have selected “Let participants choose room”:
   • Add the number of rooms you would like by clicking the “add room”
   • Once all rooms are added, click “Open All Rooms”
     • Once you have opened all rooms, participants will be able to see the available rooms and choose which to join

Next steps for pre-assigned groups

1. If many attendees are not listed in their groups, click “Recreate” in the bottom left corner of the pop-up window and select “Recover to pre-assigned rooms”
   
2. If attendees are still not listed in their groups, click “Assign” or the blue number to the right of each group and select the missing attendees for that group
3. Click “Open All Rooms”

Join breakout rooms as the host (Optional)

1. Click “Join” to the right of each breakout group
   
2. When you are ready to leave the breakout group, select “Leave Room”, then “Leave Breakout Room” in the bottom right corner of the Zoom window.