{"id":1491,"date":"2020-12-11T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2021-04-28T10:21:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T09:21:58","slug":"new-feature-breakout-rooms-in-ms-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/2020\/12\/11\/new-feature-breakout-rooms-in-ms-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW feature \u2013 Breakout Rooms in MS Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most anticipated features in MS Teams has finally arrived&#8230;. <strong>Breakout Rooms<\/strong>! Breakout rooms allow meeting organisers to create and name up to 50 separate rooms within scheduled and \u2018meet now\u2019 meetings. Organisers can then assign attendees to those rooms either automatically or manually.<\/p>\n<p>We will be releasing guidance on how to create and manage breakout rooms (for staff) and how to participate in breakout rooms (for students) next week. For the time being, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/create-and-manage-breakout-rooms-during-class-meetings-18b340cd-1106-4fa5-a852-5676614f7e7d#ID0EACAAA=For_educators\">here <\/a>is a guide from Microsoft on how to create and manage breakout rooms in Teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the icon for breakout rooms look like? <\/strong><br \/>\nThe icon for breakout rooms is displayed as two boxes (as is highlighted below by the blue box). This should appear on your control bar.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2020\/12\/Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"Breakout Room Icon\" width=\"602\" height=\"86\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why can\u2019t I see this icon? <\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are not able to see this icon, there are two likely reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>1. Only meeting organisers\u202fcan create and manage breakout rooms. If you are not the meeting organiser, then you will not be able to create and manage breakout rooms in Teams and you won\u2019t see the icon during that meeting.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>2. MS Teams might not have automatically updated. To do this yourself, click on your image from the top-right hand corner of the screen (see yellow box on image below) and then select \u2018Check for updates\u2019 (see orange box).<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1493\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2020\/12\/tempsnip.png\" alt=\"Settings bar in Teams\" width=\"413\" height=\"739\"><br \/>\nIf you have any questions about using Teams, please contact Information Services (is@aber.ac.uk). [:cy]Mae un o&#8217;r nodweddion mwyaf disgwyliedig MS Teams wedi cyrraedd o&#8217;r diwedd&#8230;. <strong>Ystafelloedd Trafod <\/strong>(<em>Breakout Rooms<\/em>)! Mae ystafelloedd trafod yn caniat\u00e1u i drefnwyr cyfarfodydd greu ac enwi hyd at 50 o ystafelloedd ar wah\u00e2n, mewn cyfarfodydd sydd wedi&#8217;u hamserlennu ac o fewn cyfarfodydd &#8216;<em>meet now<\/em>\u2019. Gall trefnwyr yna benodi mynychwyr i&#8217;r ystafelloedd hynny naill ai&#8217;n awtomatig neu \u00e2 llaw.<\/p>\n<p>Byddwn yn rhyddhau canllawiau ar sut i greu a rheoli ystafelloedd trafod (i staff) a sut i gymryd rhan o fewn ystafelloedd trafod (i fyfyrwyr) yr wythnos nesaf. Am y tro, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/create-and-manage-breakout-rooms-during-class-meetings-18b340cd-1106-4fa5-a852-5676614f7e7d#ID0EACAAA=For_educators\">dyma ganllaw<\/a> gan Microsoft ar sut i greu a rheoli ystafelloedd trafod o fewn Teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sut mae\u2019r eicon ar gyfer ystafelloedd trafod yn edrych? <\/strong><br \/>\nMae&#8217;r eicon ar gyfer ystafelloedd trafod wedi&#8217;i arddangos fel dau flwch (fel y nodir isod o fewn y blwch glas). Dylai hyn ymddangos ar eich bar rheoli.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2020\/12\/Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"Breakout Room Icon\" width=\"602\" height=\"86\"><br \/>\n<strong>Pam na allaf weld yr eicon hwn?<\/strong><br \/>\nOs na allwch weld yr eicon hwn, mae dau reswm tebygol:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>1. Dim ond trefnwyr cyfarfodydd all greu a rheoli ystafelloedd trafod. Os nad chi yw trefnydd y cyfarfod, yna ni fyddwch yn gallu creu a rheoli ystafelloedd trafod o fewn Teams ac ni fyddwch chwaith yn gallu gweld yr eicon yn ystod y cyfarfod hwnnw.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>2. Efallai fod MS Teams heb ddiweddaru&#8217;n awtomatig. I wneud hyn eich hun, cliciwch ar eich delwedd yng nghornel dde uchaf y sgrin (gweler y blwch melyn ar y ddelwedd isod) ac yna dewiswch &#8216;<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Check for Updates<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>&#8216; (gweler y blwch oren).<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1493\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/e-learning\/files\/2020\/12\/tempsnip.png\" alt=\"Settings bar in Teams\" width=\"413\" height=\"739\"><br \/>\nOs oes gennych chi unrhyw gwestiynau am sut i ddefnyddio Teams, cysylltwch \u00e2 Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth (gg@aber.ac.uk).<\/p>\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most anticipated features in MS Teams has finally arrived&#8230;. Breakout Rooms! Breakout rooms allow meeting organisers to create and name up to 50 separate rooms within scheduled and \u2018meet now\u2019 meetings. Organisers can then assign attendees to those rooms either automatically or manually. 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