Learn how to participate in Zoom polls, join and leave breakout rooms. 

Before you start

• Must be a Stevens student, faculty or staff member.
• To prepare to use Zoom, access your Stevens Zoom account and install the Zoom desktop client, which offers the best available Zoom experience.

Participating in Zoom Polls

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The meeting host or instructor may use polls in Zoom as icebreakers, or to check understanding, gather feedback, or ask questions. Your responses to polls may be saved, or polls may be anonymous. 

Step 1: A pop-up will appear with the Zoom poll question(s).

Step 2: Select your answer(s).

Step 3: Select Submit.

The host may choose to share the poll results with participants. 

 

Participating in Breakout Rooms

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The Zoom meeting host or instructor may choose to place participants into breakout rooms for collaboration and discussion during your Zoom session. Breakout rooms are sessions that are split off from the main Zoom meeting. They allow the participants to meet in smaller groups, and are completely isolated in terms of audio and video from the main session.

Joining a Breakout Room

Step 1: The host will invite you to join the breakout room.

Step 2: Select Join.

Step 3: If you choose Not Now, you can join by selecting the Breakout Rooms option in your meeting controls.

Step 4: Click Join.

Asking for Help in a Breakout Room

If you select Ask for Help, it will notify the host that you need assistance and they will be asked to join your breakout room. 

Step 1: Select Ask for Help in the meeting controls.

Step 2: Confirm that you would like assistance by clicking Invite Host.

Leaving the Breakout Room

You can leave the breakout room and return to the main Zoom session at any time, or you can leave the Zoom session entirely from the breakout room. 

Step 1: Select Leave Room.

Step 2: Choose if you want to leave the breakout room or the entire Zoom meeting.

When the host ends the breakout rooms, you will be notified and given the option to return to the main room immediately, or after a certain amount of time (usually 60 seconds), you will be automatically returned to the main room. 

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