Enable breakout rooms

Breakout rooms allow you to split participants into smaller groups during a call. If you prefer a video walkthrough, check out our step-by-step tutorial below. Otherwise, keep reading for the written guide:

Here’s how to set it up:

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1. Enable breakout rooms in room settings

When creating or updating a room, set the enable breakout rooms field to yes in the create room or update room actions.

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2. Create a meeting token for the room owner

To allow someone to create breakout rooms, they need to be the room owner. Use the create meeting token action, set the room name to the room created in Step 1, and mark is owner as yes.

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3. Join the room with the meeting token

Next, join the room using the join room action. The user creating the breakout rooms must use the meeting token from Step 2 and the room name from Step 1.

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4. Start a breakout room

Once in the call, the user will see an option to create a breakout room.