Guide

How to Make Breakout Rooms in Zoom

This guide will provide you with a step-by-step process for creating breakout rooms in Zoom. Follow these instructions carefully to ensure a smooth setup for your meeting's breakout sessions.

1. Open Zoom & Start a Meeting – Launch the Zoom Desktop App and start or schedule a meeting.

2. Enable Breakout Rooms (First Time Only) –

   • Go to zoom.us > Sign In

   • Click on Settings > In Meeting (Advanced)

   • Turn on Breakout Room and also check “Allow host to assign participants…”

3. Click on “Breakout Rooms” Icon – In the meeting toolbar, tap the “Breakout Rooms” button (only visible to hosts/co-hosts).

4. Choose Number of Rooms – Select how many breakout rooms you want to create.

5. Assign Participants –

   • Automatically: Zoom randomly places participants in rooms

   • Manually: You choose who goes where

   • Let participants choose (optional, must enable this in settings)

6. Click “Create” and Then “Open All Rooms” – After assigning, click “Create”, review the setup, then tap “Open All Rooms” to start.

7. Monitor or Join Rooms – Hosts can join any room, broadcast messages, or close all rooms anytime.

8. Done – When finished, click “Close All Rooms” to bring everyone back to the main meeting.