Microsoft announced in July that a new virtual Breakout Rooms feature would come to Microsoft Teams in the final quarter of 2020. It appears that the meeting hosts will soon have an option to create breakout rooms during Teams meetings.
Does microsoft teams offer breakout rooms?
There’s no “one size fits all” when it comes to classroom learning. That’s why Microsoft Teams is excited to offer Breakout Rooms to help teachers create meaningful connections through smaller, more comfortable group settings. The new feature allows you to easily divide students into separate groups to facilitate discussions, encourage participation, and foster collaboration.
To use breakout rooms in a Teams meeting, you must be the meeting organizer of a new or existing Teams meeting. Using the Microsoft Teams desktop software, join your meeting and select the breakout rooms icon. A prompt appears to create breakout rooms.
If you want to move people around later in the meeting, you’ll have to do so manually. To create breakout rooms, you must be a meeting organizer or presenter who’s been appointed a breakout rooms manager. Go to your Teams calendar and open the meeting invite. Go to Breakout rooms and select Create rooms.
How many breakout rooms can the meeting organizer create?
The meeting organizer can create up to 50 breakout rooms and choose to automatically or manually assign participants into rooms. The organizer can start a breakout room in a Teams meeting or a Teams channel meeting, allowing greater flexibility on how you want to meet.
One of the next things we wanted the answer to was; why can’t I see the breakout rooms in my meeting?
You can double check that the setting is setup correctly by starting a meeting and verifying that the meeting opens in its own window. You must be a meeting organizer to see the option. Meeting attendees and presenters will not see the breakout rooms option. May I know if you are the organizer?
What happens in a Microsoft Teams virtual workshop?
A virtual workshop with 27 participants, in an organization new to Microsoft Teams (besides using meetings and chat for a couple of weeks ). Jumping back and forth between the “main room” and breakout rooms between exercises. This could be exciting – right .
What is the breakout room feature?
The new feature allows you to easily divide students into separate groups to facilitate discussions, encourage participation, and foster collaboration. As shown in the instructional video, you can create Breakout Rooms through either a Teams meeting or channel.