Overview

Breakout rooms allow meeting organizers to split main meetings into smaller sessions for focused discussions. Foster connections and meaningful discussions in medium to large Teams meetings by creating breakout rooms. Create and manage breakout rooms when you use Teams for desktop to organize a meeting with up to 300 people.

Managing Breakout Rooms in Teams

Please see the following Microsoft support article which details the process of managing Breakout Rooms in Teams. 

Article

What is the ideal flow for an educator to utilize breakout rooms?

Preparation

• Read the above article to familiarize yourself with the breakout room experience
• Join a test meeting and ask a colleague to test the functionality
• Test out breakout rooms with your students to ensure they are familiar with the flow

Before the meeting

• Inform students that you will use breakout room in the classroom, ensure they have a way to contact you if they are running into issues, for example, monitor a channel post in your class team for any issues.

At the start of the meeting

• Ensure students have joined, click on the breakout room icon to set up the rooms and participant assignments

After the meeting

• Determine if any changes need to be made to future meetings to better utilize breakout rooms. Consult the article again to fill any gaps in your understanding of breakout rooms