![]() ![]() Zoom suggested that Chromebook users could stay in the main room and to treat that as their alternative session for those users. While I personally haven’t used a Chromebook, Zoom previously indicated that Chrome OS users won’t be able to join breakout Rooms.Multiple participants can record locally. If local recording is being used, it will record the room the participant who is recording is in. If the meeting is being recorded to Zoom’s cloud (i.e., “cloud recording”), Zoom will only record the main room, regardless of what room the meeting host is in.It works most of the time but we have seen it fail to broadcast on occasion. There’s a broadcast feature that will send a brief message to all users in all rooms.Also new with 5.4.6, hosts and co-hosts can assign (move) participants back to the main session rather than having to end all breakout sessions. Co-hosts can now start or end breakout rooms, and they can also assign participants, etc. In the past, only the main host had access to this feature during a live meeting. New with Zoom client release 5.4.6 (December 8, 2020), co-hosts now have access to the breakout rooms feature. ![]() However, the host can still manually assign those users to a room. People who join using the browser version of Zoom instead of the full Zoom client program won’t have the ability to self-select a breakout room if that feature is enabled.If the user is connected to a Zoom meeting, performing an update will cause them to disconnect from the meeting. It’s important to note though that users cannot update their Zoom app while they are actively attending a Zoom meeting or webinar. Zoom also has a helpful little video on this. From there, you’ll see a menu choice for “Check for Updates”. If you want to update and/or check your current Zoom version, one way is to click on the little avatar/profile pic icon in the top-right corner of your Zoom app.But the meeting host and participants need to be on Client 5.3.0 or later to self-select Breakout Rooms. But new with client version 5.3 (September 25, 2020), it is now possible to define breakout rooms that users can self-select. Until just recently, users were unable to pick from the list of breakout rooms.If they do return to the main session, they can click on “Breakout Rooms” to go back to their assigned room. You can control whether users may return to the main session.Breakout rooms are only available in Zoom meetings - not webinars.Important Caveats for Zoom Breakout Rooms
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