Updates

More Zoom updates

May 10, 2022

Zoom version 5.10.0 adds some great new features to Breakout Rooms. Check out the details below to learn more, and you can read about the other update features here.

A confirmation button when closing Breakout Rooms

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve accidentally closed Breakout Rooms early because there was no way to undo it once you clicked the button. Zoom has now added a confirmation button when closing Breakout Rooms, and it informs you how long until participants will be returned.

Share audio with content to all breakout rooms

Once breakout rooms are open, the host or co-host can share their screen from the main session directly into all open breakout rooms. This allows the presenter to share visual information to all breakout rooms as once, guiding them on next steps or tasks.

1. Click Share Screen in the meeting controls.
2. Enable the Share to breakout rooms option along the bottom of the Share window.

1. Choose what you would like to share, including an entire screen, a specific open program, or others.
2. (Optional) Click the Share Sound option as well to include audio with the shared content.
3. Click Share.

The selected content will be shared to all breakout rooms. Any active shares in any breakout rooms will be interrupted for the host’s/co-host’s shared screen. Annotation or whiteboarding is saved before the host’s shared content is viewed.

Save Breakout Room assignments for future use

When breakout rooms are created, the host can save that current configuration and participant assignments, which can be used in future sessions. This is only available for recurring meetings and is limited to 10 saved configurations per user.

1. After breakout rooms have been assigned, but are not currently open, click the button, then click Save Breakout Rooms.
2. Provide a name for this set of assignments.
3. Click Save.