# Setting Up And Using Breakout Rooms

Breakout rooms allow you to divide participants of a larger meeting into smaller groups for focused discussions. This feature is ideal for workshops, training sessions, and collaborative meetings.

## What Are Breakout Rooms?

Breakout rooms are separate sub-conversations created from a main conversation. Participants can be moved to different rooms for smaller group discussions, then brought back together to the main room.

## Setting Up Breakout Rooms

To set up breakout rooms for a conversation:

1. Open the conversation where you want to create breakout rooms
2. Click the three-dot menu (⋯) next to the "Start call" button
3. Select "Set up breakout rooms"
4. Or go to Conversation Settings > Breakout Rooms section
5. Click "Set up breakout rooms for this conversation"

## Creating Breakout Rooms

When setting up breakout rooms:

1. **Choose the number of rooms**: Select how many breakout rooms you need
2. **Name your rooms**: Give each room a descriptive name (e.g., "Team Alpha", "Discussion Group 1")
3. **Assign participants**: You can:
   - Automatically distribute participants across rooms
   - Manually assign participants to specific rooms
   - Allow participants to choose their own rooms

## Managing Breakout Rooms During a Call

As a moderator, you can:

**Start breakout sessions**: Send participants to their assigned rooms

**Broadcast messages**: Send a message to all breakout rooms simultaneously

**Move participants**: Reassign participants to different rooms as needed

**End breakout sessions**: Bring all participants back to the main room

## Participant Experience

When breakout rooms are started:

1. Participants receive a notification to join their assigned room
2. They can communicate with others in their breakout room via chat and calls
3. They can request help from a moderator if needed
4. When the session ends, they're automatically returned to the main room

## Best Practices

- **Prepare in advance**: Set up your breakout rooms before the meeting starts
  - **Give clear instructions**: Tell participants what they should discuss or work on
  - **Set time limits**: Let participants know how long they have in their breakout rooms
  - **Check in periodically**: As a moderator, visit different rooms to see if help is needed
  - **Leave time for sharing**: Allow groups to share their discussions when they return

## Deleting Breakout Rooms

To remove breakout rooms:

1. Go to Conversation Settings > Breakout Rooms
2. Click "Delete breakout rooms"
3. Confirm the deletion

Note: Deleting breakout rooms does not affect the main conversation or its message history.