With Engageli sub-rooms instructors can divide their classes into separate section rooms for large group work and differentiated instruction.
- Easily navigate between the main classroom and sub-rooms.
- Promote TAs to the instructor role within sub-rooms.
- Send announcements to all or specific rooms.
To get started with sub-rooms:
- Set Up
- Enable Sub-Rooms in Your Live Class
- Learner Access
- Instructor Controls
- Moving Learners to Different Rooms
Set Up
Create a Sub-Room Set
1. Go to the Admin Portal.
2. Click Class Management on the left to expand the menu.
3. Select your class or use the search field to find your class.
4. Select Sub-rooms from the menu on the left.
5. Click the plus sign (+) button in the top right corner to create a set of sub-rooms.
6. Then, select Active to make the set available in the classroom.
Note: At this time, you can create only one set of sub-rooms.
Add Sub-Rooms to Your Set
1. Click the down arrow to the right of your sub-room set to expand the menu.
2. Click Add First Sub-Room.
3. Enter the name of the sub-room.
4. Enter the number of tables you want in the sub-room. (You can have up to 20 tables in a sub-room, and each sub-room can have its own number of tables.)
5. Click Add.
Manage Sub-Room Set - In order to enable sub-rooms in your live class, you have to make sure the set is marked as Active in the Admin Portal.
1. You can simply select or unselect the radio button below the label “Active.”
2. You can also activate or deactivate the set of sub-rooms by clicking the check box to the right of the name.
3. Then, click the edit icon.
4. Select or deselect “Active.”
5. Click Save.
Note: If the set is not activated before the live session, you will have to end the class, go to the Admin Portal, and make it active.
Enable Sub-Rooms in Your Live Class
To enable learners to join the sub-rooms, select Enable sub-rooms mode from the More Actions (three dots) menu at the bottom of the screen.
Upon enablement, the sub-rooms will become available and all users will see “Sub-rooms” in the My View menu.
Notes:
- When sub-rooms are enabled, they become available and are all “unlocked,” meaning they are open for participants to enter.
- If sub-rooms are left enabled when a classroom is closed, they will remain enabled for the next class session.
- These sub-rooms will be locked until specifically unlocked by the instructor.
- Sub-rooms have the same class controls as the main room. To record a sub-room, the recording must be started in the main room. All rooms will be recorded in separate videos.
- Learners joining an Engageli classroom using the Engageli for Learners iOS app cannot join a classroom with sub-rooms.
Learner Access
Once sub-rooms are enabled, everyone in the classroom can see them by selecting “Sub-rooms” in the “My View” menu.
If the rooms are unlocked, the Join button will be enabled and any participant can move to that sub-room
If the rooms are locked, the Join button will be grayed out and disabled.
To join a different room or go back to the main room, select "Sub-rooms" from the "My View" menu and then click Join for whichever room you want to enter.
Instructor Controls
In the sub-rooms view, instructors can
- Lock /unlock all sub-rooms
- Lock/unlock an individual sub-room
- Send an announcement to
- All sub-rooms
- Individual sub-rooms
- See who is in each sub-room
- Join any sub-room
- Move a participant to any sub-room or back to the main room
The three-dot menu to the right of each sub-room gives you the option to send a message to that specific room or lock the room. Locking the room means that no learners can join. If there are learners in a room that is locked, they will be sent to the main room.
A TA can assume the instructor role in a sub-room. Click here to learn more.
Moving Learners to Different Rooms
Move Individual Learners
Instructions
1. Under My View, select Sub-rooms.
2. Click Switch to List View.
3. Select the learner who you want to move.
4. From the drop-down menu, select the room where you want to move the learner.
Move All Learners Back to the Main Room
Instructions
1. Under My View, select Sub-rooms.
2. Select the Lock All Rooms button.
3. Click OK to confirm that you want to lock all rooms and send everyone back to the main room of the class.
Move Learners from a Specific Sub-Room Back to the Main Room
Instructions
1. Under My View, select Sub-rooms.
2. Click the three dots to the right of the sub-room you want to lock.
3. Select Lock room.
4. Click OK to confirm that you want to lock this specific room and send all participants back to the main room of the class.
Need more help? Contact Support.