How to Set up Breakout Rooms

Google Meet allows you to set up breakout rooms either before or after a meeting starts. This guide will show you how to set up breakout rooms prior to a meeting starting (using your Google Calendar) or while a Meeting is active.

Create your Meeting via your Google Calendar.  Add guests to the meeting.

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Add conferencing with Google Meet and then click the gear wheel to adjust your Video Call Options.

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Select “Breakout Rooms” from the left menu of the Video Call Options window.

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By default, you will see two breakout rooms with your guests randomly distributed into them. 

You can drag/drop, add additional rooms, and rename the rooms. By default, the host will remain in the main call.