Breakout Rooms are a great way to foster more interactive and engaging meetings by allowing smaller group discussions within a larger meeting context. This document offers a comprehensive overview of Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams. It covers the steps to create breakout rooms, add and manage them and guides organizers on accessing Breakout Rooms and generating recordings.
Creating a Breakout Rooms
To create Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams, start a meeting. Open the Breakout Rooms panel located at the top of the meeting window. You can create the desired number of rooms and assign participants either automatically or manually. For detailed documentation on creating Breakout Rooms, click here.
Adding and Managing Breakout Rooms
To manually add Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams, open the Breakout Rooms panel, locate and select the + icon. If needed, you can add additional Breakout Rooms to your meeting. Located to the right of this feature is a Gear. Select the Gear to make changes to Breakout Room settings. Within the settings you are able to assign presenters to manage Breakout Rooms and set time limitations. For detailed documentation on adding and managing Breakout Rooms, click here.
Accessing and Recording Breakout Rooms
Open your meeting and access the Breakout Room panel. Locate and select Open rooms. Located to the right of each Breakout Room is an ellipses. Click on the ellipses and select join. To begin recording within a Breakout Room, locate and select More on the top of the meeting panel. Hover over record and transcribe, select start recording. Repeat this process for each Breakout Room. For detailed documentation on accessing and recording Breakout rooms, click here.