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Zoom offers video, audio, and wireless screen-sharing across multiple platforms. Anyone logged in as a guest or who logged in after you create the rooms will need to be manually assigned to a room.One of the most useful tools used to make virtual meetings easy is Zoom. Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and group messaging into one easy-to-use platform.If a participant is not automatically assigned to the breakout room you specified when scheduling the meeting, select Recreate and then Recover to pre-assigned rooms.Select Breakout Rooms to access the pre-assigned breakouts.Once breakout rooms have been opened, any co-hosts can move between breakout rooms, similar to the host. The meeting Host can open pre-assigned breakout rooms. Communicate this information to your participants in advance of the meeting. Participants must be logged in to their UMN Zoom account (from the Zoom app) in order for the pre-assignment to work for their email address upon opening breakout rooms. Upon saving, your pre-assignments will apply to all instances of your recurring meeting.Edit the meeting and add the pre-assignments following the steps in Pre-assigning Participants to Breakout Rooms.Create and save the recurring meeting as normal.When using pre-assigned breakout rooms with a recurring meeting, in order for the pre-assignment to apply to each recurrence, you must: Using Pre-Assigned Breakout Rooms with a Recurring Meeting Select Save to save the pre-assigned breakouts and return to the Edit Meeting page.The CSV file must be formatted as breakout room name, email.Import from CSV: Upload a CSV file containing the breakout rooms and participant email addresses.Repeat steps a and b until all of your participants are assigned.Add participants by entering each email address in Add Participants.Rename a breakout room by hovering over the default name and clicking the Edit icon that appears.Click the + icon next to Rooms to create a breakout room.Create Rooms: Assign participants to breakout rooms by adding their email address.In the pop-up that appears, choose Create Rooms or Import from CSV to build your pre-assigned rooms.Under Meeting Options select the checkbox for Breakout Room pre-assign.Select Edit next to the meeting you wish to add Pre-assigned Breakout rooms to.By default, you are in the Meetings tab after signing in. If not already logged in, go to to log in.You can create a meeting from many places, but pre-assigned breakout rooms must be created at. You can create pre-assigned breakout rooms through the Zoom web portal () after creating a meeting. Pre-assigning Participants to Breakout Rooms Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar.Check Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms when scheduling.Only authenticated users can join meetings.allow hosts to see who has not logged in.require attendees to Authenticate so they can be recognized for room pre-assignment.It is not currently possible to pre-assign users not part of the UMN Zoom instance.This limitation is separate from the maximum number of users who can be in a breakout room. A maximum of 200 users can be pre-assigned to breakout rooms.You can only pre-assign participants that will be logged into and authenticated on their Zoom account.Watch a 3-minute video on Getting Started with Breakout Rooms. Note: Pre-assigned breakout rooms are an advanced usage of Zoom. As a meeting host, you can split meeting participants into breakout rooms when scheduling the meeting.