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Pre-planning breakout rooms can be a time saver, if done properly, - and the pre-assignments can be saved as a CSV file to use in later class sessions. Pre-planning break out rooms is accomplished during the scheduling phase of a meeting via the Zoom scheduling interface, or by uploading a spreadsheet (saved in CSV format only) of your room assignments. Both methods rely on assigning participants by the email address you think they will use when joining a meeting. Since not all participants always join a Zoom meeting by using their Whitman email address, enabaling Only authenticated suders users can join: Sign in to Zoom can be a way of forcing users to sign in using with their Whitman credentials. This has the disadvantage of not allowing any participants that are outside of whitman from joining the class session.
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