How To Create Breakout Rooms In Zoom As Co Host

Sign in to the zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit account settings.

How to create breakout rooms in zoom as co host. You can manage the rooms prior to starting them by following the instructions below. To enable the breakout room feature for all members of your organization. Choose which participants you would like in each room. Using the zoom program on your computer create a new meeting. Click the plus icon beside rooms to add breakout rooms.

From the options menu at the bottom place a check next to allow participants to return to the main session at any time. The co host has the same in meeting controls as the host. Next to the breakout room you choose click join and confirm by clicking join again. Navigate to the breakout room option on the meeting tab and verify that the setting is enabled. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and in the meeting options section select breakout room pre assign.

Select either new meeting or schedule to schedule an upcoming meeting. Options for breakout rooms. Your rooms will be created but will not start automatically. Select breakout rooms from the zoom toolbar. When the meeting starts click breakout rooms at the bottom of the screen.

Select the breakout rooms option in your meeting controls and a list of open breakout rooms created by the host will be visible. With this enabled the host can now assign a co host to a meeting. Either way you must be the host to create breakout rooms. In the navigation menu click account management then account settings. The co host feature allows the host to share hosting privileges with another user allowing the co host to manage the administrative side of the meeting such as managing participants or starting stopping the recording.

To assign a participant as a co host you ll first need to select the manage participants button at the bottom of. Click leave room to return to the main session. Click create breakout rooms. However a co host can t start meetings scheduled by the host. Add a co host in a zoom meeting.