How to: Pre-Assign Zoom Breakout Rooms 

Create Zoom Breakout Rooms prior to class. 

All students must be signed to Zoom with SSO for this to work. Any participants allowed into the meeting from the Zoom waiting room, will not be pre-assigned into Breakout Rooms. 

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal. Https://usc.zoom.us. 
  1. Click Meetings. 
  1. Find the meeting you want to have pre-assigned breakout rooms. 
  1. In the Meeting Options section, select Breakout Room pre-assign. 
  1. Click Import from CSV. 
  1. Click download to download a sample CSV file you can fill out and save on your computer. 
  1. Be sure to open the CSV file with spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel. 
  1. Save the file. or create rooms manually online, as illustrated below. (Use a csv file if you want to save for later use) 
  1. Use the Import from CSV and select the file you saved. 
  1. During the meeting, You will need to use the Recover to pre-assigned rooms – Process. As outlined on https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360032752671 and illustrated below. 
  1. Once this process is complete, you will see pre-assigned Breakout Rooms.  
  1. You will then need to create the rooms.