Enabling creation of meeting breakout rooms from poll results

Account owners and admins can allow the meeting host to create breakout rooms based on the participants’ poll answers. For example, the meeting host may want to split breakout rooms based on participants who share similar interests. Hosts can set a limit for how many participants are placed in each breakout room and move/exchange participants after launching the breakout rooms. To use this feature, it must be enabled at either the account, group, or user level.

This article covers

• How to enable the creation of breakout rooms from poll results
  • Account
  • Group
  • User

Prerequisites for enabling creation of breakout rooms from poll results

• Breakout room and polling for meetings must be enabled
• Account owner or admin privileges

How to enable the creation of breakout rooms from poll results

Account

To enable Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results for all members of your organization:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit account settings.
2. In the navigation menu, click Account Management then Account Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Meeting Polls/Quizzes toggle to enable it.
5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable to verify the change.
6. Select the Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results check box to enable the feature.
7. Clear or uncheck the Require answers to be anonymous check box.
   Note: If Require answers to be anonymous is enabled, the Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results feature will not work.
8. (Optional) Select the checkboxes to enable the following features.
   
   • Allow host to upload image for each question: Choose if you want to allow hosts to upload images in advanced polls/quizzes they create. Changing this setting will impact new and existing advanced polls/quizzes.
   • Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: When a host schedules a meeting with alternative hosts, they can allow the alternative hosts to add, edit, and download polls in a meeting.
9. Click Save.
10. (Optional) To prevent all users in your account from changing this setting, click the lock icon  , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

Group

To enable Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results for all members of a specific group:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit user groups.
2. In the navigation menu, click User Management then Groups.
3. Click the applicable group name from the list.
4. Click the Meeting tab.
5. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Meeting Polls/Quizzes toggle to enable it.
6. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable to verify the change.
7. Select the Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results check box to enable the feature.
8. Clear or uncheck the Require answers to be anonymous check box.
   Note: If Require answers to be anonymous is enabled, the Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results feature will not work.
9. (Optional) Select the checkboxes to enable the following features.
   
   • Allow host to upload image for each question: Choose if you want to allow hosts to upload images in advanced polls/quizzes they create. Changing this setting will impact new and existing advanced polls/quizzes.
   • Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: When a host schedules a meeting with alternative hosts, they can allow the alternative hosts to add, edit, and download polls in a meeting.
10. Click Save.
11. (Optional) To prevent all users in the group from changing this setting, click the lock icon  , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

User

To enable Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results for your own use:
Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom administrator.

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Meeting Polls/Quizzes toggle to enable it.
5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable to verify the change.
6. Select the Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results check box to enable the feature.
7. Clear or uncheck the Require answers to be anonymous check box.
   Note: If Require answers to be anonymous is enabled, the Allow host to create breakout rooms from poll results feature will not work.
8. (Optional) Select the checkboxes to enable the following features.
   
   • Allow host to upload image for each question: Choose if you want to allow hosts to upload images in advanced polls/quizzes they create. Changing this setting will impact new and existing advanced polls/quizzes.
   • Allow alternative host to add or edit polls and quizzes: When scheduling a meeting with alternative hosts, you can allow the alternative hosts to add, edit, and download polls in a meeting.
9. Click Save.