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Using the Import from CSV File method of assigning breakout rooms.
- sign into in to whitman.zoom.us
- Click on the Schedule a Meeting button on the far right of the screen.
- Fill out and select all the parameters of your meeting, and before you save - make sure you do the following:
- Under Meeting Options, select Breakout Rooms pre-assign
- Click on Import from CSV
- At the top of the "Import Rooms and Participants from CSV file" window click on download and open this file.
- Open the downloaded file with Excel or other spreadsheet program
- This file will consist of two columns: Pre-assign Room Name and Email Address - DO NOT REMOVE THE COLUMN NAMES (HEADERS) OF THIS FILE
- Fill in out each column of this table with room numbers and email addresses. The room number column will have several repeated entries, but the email address column should list each email address only once. A sample is below:
Pre-assign Room Name Email Address room1 unique_student@whitman.edu room1 not_the_same@whitman.edu room2 another_student@whitman.edu room2 individual_student@whitman.edu room3 not_repeated_student@whitman.edu room3 particular_student@whitman.edu - Open the downloaded file with Excel or other spreadsheet program
Save this file as a CSV (Comma delimited) file. Microsoft Excel may warn you about loosing losing some features of your workbook if you save it as a CSV file, that is ok - continue to save it as a CSV.
Also, note the location where you saved it (you may need to access it during a meeting)- Back in In the "Import Rooms and Participants from CSV file" pop up window: Either , either "Drag and Drop your CSV file" into the large gray box (box, or click on browse, and select the location of the file you just saved, then click open).
- Zoom will save your pre-assignments and break out breakout rooms. You can verify this by looking under the option for Breakout Room pre-assign optionoption, the number of rooms created will be listed with the ability to click on Edit to change your pre-assignments
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