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Google Meet

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Today’s session

  1. Overview - Why use Google Meet?
  2. Goals for this session
  3. Walkthrough
    1. Creating a Google Meet Session
    2. Managing Your Class in Google Meet
    3. Teaching with Google Meet
    4. Creating Office Hours with Google Meet
  4. Wrap up and Questions

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Why should teachers use Google Meet?

Reliable

Secure

Compliant

Integrated

Free

99.999% uptime even during high demand

The same protections we use everyday at Google.

Can be used in compliance with COPPA, FERPA, GDPR

Seamlessly incorporated in tools your school already uses

Fee enterprise-grade video conferencing within GSuite for Education

Google Meet enables distance learning

Google Meet helps educators, students, and staff collaborate efficiently and effectively with tools that can be used in compliance with education regulations.

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After this session, teachers will be able to...

  • Create a Create a Google Meet Session
  • Have Students Join Their Session
  • Understand how to mute/use the microphone
  • Understand how to Troubleshoot within Google Meet
  • Know how to present your screen in Google Meet
  • Know how to use a whiteboard in Google Meet
  • Know how to create Office Hours with Google Meet
  • Know where to go for continued learning and updates within Google Meet

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Create and Share A Google Meet Session

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What’s new?�Integration with Classroom

Seamlessly start a Google Meet right from Classroom, the popular learning management tool with over 50M users.

The Google Meet + Classroom integration will simplify educator workflows and make it even easier for educators to facilitate remote learning.

*Pro Tip* Be Sure You are the last person to leave the Meet session and wait a few minutes before closing out to ensure students don’t rejoin!

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Nickname Shortcut

g.co/meet/”yournickname”

Share the created link with students to join when you are ready for the session to begin. This shortcut allows you to enable the “teacher features” such as not having students rejoin the link if you are the last person in the Meet Session.

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Creating a Google Meet Session

Step 1: Head to meet.google.com

Click Here

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Create a Nickname

*Required*

Choose a name that describes what the room is about

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Just like that, your room is Setup!!

Join Your Session

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Invite Students

  • Once you join, you will see this popup
  • Give students these instructions:
    • Go to meet.google.com
    • Click “+ Join/Create a Room”
    • Add our Class Nickname (ex. myclassperiod1)
    • Mute Your Mic as soon as you Join
  • Make Sure You are Last to Leave the Room When Class Ends

*Pro Tip* With this setup, only people in your domain can join. If someone “knocks” to join, don’t let them in! It’s not your student

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Management in Google Meet

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As Soon As Students Join They Should...

*Mute Their Mics*

*Tell them to “hover to the bottom of the screen” to see the mute menu option*

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Mute Their Mic For Them

In the top right corner of your Meet session, you can click the “People” icon

This will show a list of everyone in the session

*Pro Tip* The participant list is great for attendance tracking. Could take a quick screenshot of the participant list

Mute Student

Remove Student

Pin Student

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Dealing with Low Wifi

  1. Go to Settings Menu
  2. Click “Video”
  3. Lower Your Camera Resolution

*Share these tips with students *

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Enable Closed Captions

Show students how to enable Closed Captions so they can read while you speak.

*Great for English as a Second Language Learners*

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Record Session

If enabled, you can record your session here. The recording will be saved in your Google Drive.

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Using Chat for Questions

You may want to encourage students to use the “Chat feature to post questions and have dialogue during your discussion.

*If classroom management is an issue, you can also use a Google Form for questions or the Q+A feature in Google Slides.*

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Teaching in Google Meet

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What’s new?�Tiled Layout View

See up to 16 meeting participants at once within Google Meet by changing your Layout to “Tiled”.

More updates are always coming based on your feedback so please keep sending it to us or add it to the Product Feedback Sheet that we shared with you all.

Learn More About Tiled Layout View

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Google Meet Grid View Extension

  • Google Meet Grid View Extension - Link Here (Use at Your Own Risk)

*Use this extension at your own risk.*

We don’t recommend having students use it.(can be a distraction)

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Present Your Screen

Presenting your screen means students can see what you see in real time. This is great for sharing your Google Slide Presentation or anything you are looking at. They will see as well.

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Present Your Screen Options

  • You can present your entire screen (recommended)
  • One window frame
  • One tab in your browser

*Pro Tip* Presenting a window or browser will not travel with you. If you change tabs or enter a new site, students will not still see your screen.

*PRO TIP* Use this for presenting a video with the video audio

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Using a Whiteboard in Google Meet

Go to Jamboard.google.com

Learn how to use Jamboard Here

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Handling Student Questions

If presenting using Google Slides, select “Presenter View” with Q+A. Learn More

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Creating Office Hours in Google Meet

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Creating Office Hours for Any Student to Join

  1. Go to calendar.google.com
  2. Select a block of time that you will be available
  3. Create an event with your title
  4. Add g.co/meet/”yournickname” link to the event when you are about to join.
  5. Share the link with students (when you are about to join)

Learn More Here

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Creating Appointment Slots

  1. Go to calendar.google.com
  2. Highlight the date and time you want to have slots available for students
  3. Click “Appointments Slots”
  4. Select Your Duration
  5. Give it a title
  6. Share the “appointment slots calendar” with Students

*CAUTION* - This will NOT be a nicknamed Meet so students could join without you there!!!

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Resources Review Google Meet

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Ask 3 Before Me...

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Thank you!

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