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Google Meet Updates

August 2020

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Now

Better moderator controls

Sep. 2020

49 Tile View

& Jamboard

Oct. 2020

Backgrounds, attendance & Breakout Rooms

Later 2020

Hand-Raising, Q&A and Polling

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Currently

  • Tile View 16 People
  • Present Tab (Best for Video & Audio)
  • Low Light Mode
  • Noise Cancellation
  • Closed Captioning
  • Recording Meets (Full in Enterprise)
  • NEW: Cast this Meeting

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  • Prohibit participants from joining meetings after they’ve been ejected or after they’ve been denied entry twice
  • End meetings for all participants when class is finished
  • Manage join requests with ease by accepting or rejecting them in bulk
  • Disable in-meeting chat and set restrictions on who can present during a meeting
  • A setting that requires the teacher to join first

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Coming in September

  • A larger tiled views with a 7x7 grid so you can see up to 49 students at once�
  • A collaborative whiteboard with Jamboard in Meet so you can encourage students to share ideas and try creative approaches to lessons

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Coming in October

  • Blur or replace backgrounds
  • Attendance tracking to see and track which students attended virtual class (Enterprise)
  • Breakout rooms so educators can split classes into simultaneous small group discussions (Enterprise)

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Coming Later this Year

  • Hand-raising to help you identify students who may need help or have a question
  • Q&A features to provide a way for students to ask questions without disrupting the flow of the class discussion or lesson, and polling to engage students to share their voice (Enterprise)

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Workarounds with Chrome Extensions

  1. Better Facilitator Controls (i.e. Mute/Unmute all, waiting room, etc.)
  2. Larger Tile View (More than 16)
  3. Jamboard Integration (Whiteboard)
  4. Blurred Backgrounds
  5. Attendance Tracking (Enterprise)
  6. Breakout Rooms (Enterprise)
  7. Hand Raising
  8. Q&A and Polling (Enterprise)

More Details on Meet & Classroom Updates

  1. Google Meet Enhancement Suite Basic & Pro (paid)
  2. Google Meet Grid View (fix)
  3. Dualless (splits tabs for whiteboard app & Meet simultaneously.
  4. Visual Effects for Google Meet
  5. Google Meet Attendance
  6. Google Meet Breakout Rooms
  7. Nod - Reactions for Google Meet
  8. Slides (Present Screen) w/ Q&A