Webex: How to Use Breakout Rooms in Webex Meetings
This documentation will teach you how to use Breakout Rooms in Webex Meetings.
For quick information, check out Cisco's help doc on Breakout Rooms
- Select the Breakout tab and choose Enable Breakout Session
- Once enabled, Enable Breakout Session will appear with a checkmark and the button will appear at the bottom of the menu bar
How to Assign Participants to a Breakout Room
Note - Only one person (host or cohost/s) can manage the breakout session assignment at a time.
- Choose between Automatically or Manually assign
- Automatic will show how many participants will be in each session before creating the assignments.
- You can manually move participants around after creating the assignments
How to Assign Participants to a Breakout Room (Continued)
- Manually allows you to choose which participants you want to assign to each room
- Simply select the user from the left panel and choose the session you want to assign them to
- You can also exchange participants as well
How to Change Settings to Breakout Rooms
- Choose the Settings button in the bottom left corner of the window
- Select the appropriate settings listed for your sessions
How to View Participants between Main Session vs. Breakout Sessions as Host
- From the Participant Panel, you will now have two tabs labeled Main Meeting and Breakout Session
- Main Meeting - People listed here have not yet joined or have been assigned to a Breakout Session
- Breakout Sessions - Lists all the Breakout Rooms created and who is in them
How to Join a Breakout Room
- Host
- Select the Breakout Sessions tab from the Participant Panel
- Click Join next to the Breakout Room you would like to join as shown in the above image
- Once you have joined, it will look like the below image
How to Join a Breakout Room (Continued)
- Attendee
- Choose Join Now to enter the room you've been assigned to
- If you chose Join Later on the prompt, click the blue Join button across from the session you've been assigned to in the Participant Panel
How to Leave a Breakout Room
- Click the red door icon in the menu bar and choose Leave Session
- You can also choose the Breakout tab and choose Leave Session
How to Send a Broadcast Message
- Choose the Breakout Tab and choose Broadcast Message
- Select whether to send to a single session or all session
- Select whether to send to all participants or only Presenters & Cohosts
How to Join an Attendees Session that is Asking for Help
- When an attendee Asks for Help in a breakout session, a prompt will appear with the users name and which Breakout Room they are in
- Select the Join Now to instantly join that Breakout Room.
