Actions supported during a breakout session

The breakout room leader’s interface is similar to the event leader's interface. The breakout room leader can control the agenda and the collaboration tools but cannot end the breakout session or move participants back to the main room.

As the Breakout Room Manger, you can visit each breakout room. If you assign the co-presenter role to participants, then they will be able to see the co-presenter interface and will be able to move themselves between breakout rooms.

During breakout sessions, a Breakout Room Manager can:

  • Make announcements to all breakout rooms
  • Speak to individual rooms
  • Visit rooms
  • Chat with room leaders
  • Assign new room leaders
  • Move participants between rooms
  • Assign new content for a breakout room

The breakout room participant’s interface is similar to the event participant’s interface. Participants can interact with the breakout room leader, other participants in the room, and use all participant’s tools.

The breakout tool allows the Breakout Room Manager and other presenters to expand and collapse all rooms using the Expand All Rooms and Collapse All Rooms links in the App. When the rooms are collapsed, the panel displays the Expand All Rooms link. When the rooms are expanded, the same link changes to Collapse All Rooms.

Figure 1. Expand All Rooms in the App
Expand All Rooms
Figure 2. Collapse All Rooms in the App
Collapse All Rooms

Similarly, the rooms can be collapsed and expanded in the Express client.

Figure 3. Collapse All Rooms in Express client
Expand and collapse

The breakout tool displays raised hand icons beside a participant and room name when the participant in the room has clicked the raise hand option in their People panel. They can also send a text chat to All Presenters in the session. This indicates other users in the room that the user needs some help or has a query.

Figure 4. Display a raised hand icon in the App
Display a raised hand icon

Similarly, the tool displays raised hand icons beside a participant and room name when the participant in the room has clicked the raise hand option in their People panel.

Figure 5. Display a raised hand icon in the Express client
Raise hand

The breakout tool also displays a drop-down icon for the main room, breakout rooms, and users in the room if any actions are available for them.

Figure 6. Display a drop-down action menu in the App client
Display a drop-down action menu

In Express client, to make a participant a BR Leader, click more action icon beside the participant’s name and click Make Participant Group Leader.

Figure 7. Display a drop-down action menu in the Express client
Make participant as leader