Go to the RingCentral homepage (https://www.ringcentral.com/)
Or click on this link to access RingCentral Online website
Click on the "Login" button on the menu bar of the homepage
The drop down menu will give you two options. Select "Admin Portal"
The RingCentral "Sign-In" launch Pad will pop-up, click on the "Signal Sign-On" button
You may receive a second prompt to confirm your @snhu.edu email address
The Admin dashboard will display. Click on "Settings"
Go to "Mettings" tab
Scroll down and look for the Breakout room "In Meeting (Advanced)" section
Enable and turn on the toggle for Breakout room
You will now be able to create separate smaller room. Continue reviewing this document for additional tips and details on how you can "Create" your Breakout Rooms.
How Breakout Rooms work when enabled
When enabled in the account, Hosts can click Breakout Rooms on the Meetings Dashboard during a meeting. See the following to learn how Breakout Rooms work for Host or Participants. A Host can create up to 50 Breakout Rooms. After the Host opens a Breakout Room, Participants in that breakout room will enter a new meeting session.
How to create Breakout Rooms
After starting an instant or scheduled meeting, click Breakout Rooms. Select the number of rooms to create, then select how Participants should be assigned to the rooms (Automatically or Manually). Selecting Automatically will automatically list Participants to the Room/s. Selecting Manually will let you assign the rooms to Participants. Click Create Rooms.
How to assign Participants to Breakout Rooms
Participants can be rearranged after automatically or manually assigning them to rooms. If you selected to Manually create a Breakout Room, click Assign, then check the Participants to add to the Breakout Room.
- Participants who are not assigned to breakout sessions will remain in the main meeting when the rooms are started.
- They will be listed under Unassigned. Hover on the Participant's name, then click Assign To
How to Rename or Delete Breakout Rooms
Breakout Rooms can be renamed or deleted. Deleting all Breakout Rooms will let you recreate a Breakout Room again.
How to Move Participants to a Different Breakout Room
Hover on a Participant, then click Move to or Exchange.
• Move to - lets you select a room to move the participant to.
• Exchange - allows you to select a participant in another room to swap the selected participant with
How to Add Another Breakout Room
Caution: If you select "Recreate All Rooms" Recreating a Breakout Room deletes the existing ones and creates new ones. All existing rooms will be replaced*
Make sure to only select "Recreate" to Add a Room
How to Open All Rooms
Click Open All Rooms to see Participants who have not yet joined a Breakout Room.
How to Join Selected Breakout Room
Click Join to join a selected Breakout Room.
How to Broadcast a message to all Participants
Click Broadcast a message to all to send a message to all Participants.
How to Close All Rooms
When you click Close All Rooms, the Participants will be given 60 seconds to leave their respective Breakout Rooms.