Breakout room visualization (Marauder's Map)

Author: mgbleichnerCreated Apr 29, 2020Updated Sep 16, 2026
Labelsstatus: acceptedtype: enhancementcomponent: breakout rooms

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I would like to have a visual representation of the communication room to easily switch between conversations. Use case seminar. As a teacher, I would like to dynamically group students into different subgroups of variable size. E.g. please discuss this topicwith one other person for 5 minutes. Next, please discuss with a group of five people. As a teacher I would like to visit each group from time to time.

Use case poster session at a conference. There a multiple poster persentations going on. I would like to dynamically join each poster presentation, but also have the possibility to start private conversations or join another spontaneous conversation. I.e. the same what would happen in a live poster session.

Describe the solution you'd like I envision a floor plan like the Harry Potter Marauder's Map. Use case seminar: You see all people in a classroom as icons on a map, by dragging and dropping you can arrange people into groups. By drawing a circle around them you can place them into a conversation. By dragging and dropping you can pull out individuals into another group. As a teacher, I can drag and drop myself into different groups to listen-in on them.

Use case poster session: you have a floorplan with all posters in each session. For each poster, you see as pictogram whether the poster presenter is currently there, and how many people are currently listening (based on the number of people, I may or may not join in the discussion). By dragging and dropping my own icon I can join different posters. By drawing a circle in the middle of the room I can start a private communication bubble (i.e. to discuss with another attendee of the poster session). This private communication bubble could be "do not disturb" or "ask to join". The floor plan would visualize all the different ongoing conversation and would allow me to switch between the different communications. And allow for "non planned" conversations.

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