Zoom Breakout Room Limitations

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  • Only the host can assign participants to breakout rooms during the session.
  • The co-host can leave and join any breakout room only if they join a breakout room assigned to them by the host.
  • Users joined into the Zoom meeting from the Zoom Mobile App or H.323/SIP devices can participate in breakout rooms, but cannot manage them.
  • If the meeting is being cloud recorded, it will only record the main room, regardless of what room the meeting host is in. If local recording is being used, it will record the room the participant who is recording is in. Multiple participants can record locally.
  • Breakout rooms allow you to split your Zoom meeting in up to 50 separate sessions with 200 participants or less.

 

If you have up to:

You can have as many as:

200 participants

50 breakout rooms

300 participants

30 breakout rooms

 

 

 

 

 

Need Assistance with Zoom (SOM Activity Set-Up, Logistics & Training):
Medical Education Support Group - EdTech Unit
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