Yes! In a December 2020 update, Zoom extended the ability to launch and manage breakout rooms to co-hosts, which is the role that is typically assigned to a TA. This includes assigning students to breakout rooms.
What do I do when a student joins a meeting after I have already started breakout rooms in Zoom?
In Zoom’s breakout rooms panel, you can manually assign students to a room if they arrive after you’ve launched breakout rooms during your meeting. Unfortunately, Zoom won’t move them into a room automatically in any circumstance, including when you had Zoom automatically assign students to rooms or if you’ve pre-assigned students to rooms in advance of your meeting.
Why are my students not showing up in pre-assigned breakout rooms?
Some students log in to Zoom class meetings without using their Miami credentials, which means they aren’t being recognized in your manually pre-assigned breakout room since they’re based on email addresses. Also, students may experience issues joining meetings, or they can’t see polls when they join by browser or dial in. They need some guidance in knowing the best way to join your meeting.
Why can’t I access some options during my Zoom meeting?
If you aren’t seeing some options when you join one of your own Zoom meetings, like breakout rooms, screen sharing, polling, and recording, it means you’ve logged into the meeting as a participant instead of as a host. There are a few reasons why this might have happened, and more than one of them may apply to you. Review them all to learn how to resolve this issue.
Does Zoom record breakout rooms?
No—Zoom currently doesn’t record breakout rooms. If you opt to record a meeting to your computer, it’ll record breakout rooms as you visit them; if you opt to record to the cloud, it won’t record them at all. With cloud recording, Zoom will automatically pause recording when you send students into breakout rooms, then automatically resume when you close them.