Source
The meeting itself — found from sitemap — BigBlueButton
Checked for BigBlueButton on 1 Oct 2026
- Page
- https://bigbluebutton.com/docs/help/moderator-guide/create-and-manage-breakout-rooms
- Checked
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:07 UTC
- How we may use it
- Public page, crawling permitted
Technical details
- type
- page
- http status
- 200
- content hash
- sha256:9eb1c65d77ab78616eb9bd80c807d7172a3da10c5a60d48519a7e324811610dc
- permission
- robots_ok
- screenshot
- Screenshot on file (internal exhibit, not published)
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Facts read from this source
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Breakout max rooms Report an error
“Number of rooms [1]: the default minimum is 2. Select the dropdown to change the number of breakout rooms, up to a maximum of 8.”
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Breakout duration closes rooms Report an error
“Duration (minutes) [3]: all rooms close once this duration is reached, and users return to the main session.”
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Breakout random assign Report an error
“Randomly assign [4]: distributes viewers evenly across the selected number of rooms.”
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Breakout self select option Report an error
“Allow users to choose a breakout room to join: viewers select from a dropdown of available breakout rooms when prompted.”
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Breakout save whiteboard Report an error
“Save whiteboard: whiteboard annotations are converted to a PDF and made available as a presentation from the action menu.”
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Breakout save shared notes Report an error
“Save shared notes: shared notes are converted to a PDF and made available as a presentation from the action menu.”
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Breakout moderator invitations Report an error
“Send invitation to assigned moderators: sends breakout room invitations to selected moderators so they can manage the rooms their users are assigned to.”
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Breakout late joiner invite Report an error
“To invite students who are not currently in a breakout room, select the gear icon and choose Breakout room invitation.”
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Breakout message all rooms Report an error
“Message all rooms [4]: send a message to every breakout room from the chat box.”
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Breakout listen in disabled Report an error
“Join audio [7]: listen in on a breakout room without joining it (Note: This feature is currently disabled in BigBlueButton).”
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Breakout change duration Report an error
“Change duration: increase or decrease the time remaining for all breakout rooms.”
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Breakout manage users panel Report an error
“Manage users: open the breakout room settings panel to add or remove users in each room.”
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Breakout end early Report an error
“End breakout rooms: close all breakout rooms before the duration ends. Users return to the main session and rejoin audio.”
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Breakout multiple tabs Report an error
“You can open as many breakout rooms as you like using Ask to join. Each room opens in a new browser tab at the top of the window.”
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Breakout viewers moderator status Report an error
“All viewers enter breakout rooms with moderator status, and the first to connect is assigned the presenter role.”
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Breakout not recordable Report an error
“Breakout rooms cannot be recorded.”
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Breakout duration not extendable Report an error
“Once breakout rooms are created and started, the duration cannot be extended.”
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Breakout assignment requires joined Report an error
“Only viewers who have already joined the BigBlueButton session can be assigned to a breakout room.”
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Breakout slide context Report an error
“When viewers join a breakout room, they see the current slide from the main session. Slide navigation arrows are disabled because the breakout room contains only that one slide.”
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