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Creating and Maintaining Breakout Rooms


Breakout rooms are similar to folders in Windows Explorer. They allow you to organize related sessions into short lists for easier navigation. You create breakout rooms in the Session Administration screen and store them in the Meetings directory on the Siebel Distance Learning server.

To create a breakout room

  1. Navigate to the Session Administration screen.
  2. In the Sessions list, click New, which is next to the Breakout Rooms drop-down list.
  3. The Add New Breakout form appears.

  4. In the Add New Breakout form, enter a name for the breakout room.
  5. NOTE:  It is recommended that you use alphanumeric characters only.

  6. Click Save.
  7. The Siebel Distance Learning application creates the breakout room and the Sessions list appears.

To enter a breakout room

  1. Navigate to the Conference Center screen.
  2. From the Breakout Rooms drop-down list, click the name of the breakout room you want to enter.
  3. The Distance Learning window for the breakout room appears.

    NOTE:  Attendees can also enter a breakout room directly by typing the URL shown for the breakout room.

To delete a breakout room

  1. Navigate to the Session Administration screen.
  2. In the Sessions list, from the Breakout Rooms drop-down list, select the breakout room you want to delete.
  3. NOTE:  You must delete the sessions in a breakout room before you can delete the breakout room.

  4. In the Sessions list, delete any sessions in the selected breakout room. To delete the sessions, click the Delete icon.
  5. In the Sessions list, click Delete.
  6. The breakout room is removed from the Distance Learning application.


 Siebel Distance Learning Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003