A Digital Classroom With a Breakout Feature

This describes an online teaching system where a teacher and students start in a main virtual room. The teacher can then move students, and themselves, into smaller, private virtual breakout rooms where participants can only hear and see others in their specific room. The system specifically requires the teacher to select students for these breakout rooms by dragging and dropping their virtual tiles or icons onto a breakout room icon.

Why it matters: The global shift to remote learning post-2020 made sophisticated virtual classroom features, including breakout rooms, essential. Underlying audio/video streaming and conferencing technologies have significantly matured since 2018, making robust implementations more feasible.

Status: ExpiredProtection ended and was never renewed
How hard to build: SpecializedSoftware logic, audio/video streaming, network security.

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