Meet Layout
Overview
SPS is participating in the Google Meet Early Access program. This means that we are beta testing new features.
By default, the maximum number of tiles you’ll see in
Auto layouts is 12
Tiled layouts is 20
You can use a slider to increase the maximum number of tiles you see up to 49 tiles for Auto and Tiled layouts options
Enable 49 Tiles
To enable 49 Tiles, follow the steps below while on the Meet call on a web browser.
Click on the “...” to the right of the bottom action bar > Change layouts
Move the slider to the number of tiles you desire e.g. 49
Can't See All Your Students When Presenting?
Problem: In your Google Meet, you have set the tiled view but when you present a window, you can only see a few of your students.
Solution:
Enter your Google Meet — be sure that your Meet is in its own window.
Present a DIFFERENT window you’d like to share with students
Click on the MEET window and zoom out
On a mac - hold “command” on the keyboard and press the minus button until you can see all of your students.
You can also go to “view” on the bar at the top of the desktop and select “zoom out” until you can see your students.
NOTE: This will make all of your buttons tiny for things like muting, presenting, etc. but you will be able to see your students.
Thanks to Mt Vernon's ETL, Katie Waugh, for this tip!
Layout Improvements FAQs
Why do I see less tiles than the number I selected in the slider? We show fewer tiles for smaller browser window sizes.
What do I do if I run into performance issues? Some lower-end devices may have a degraded experience with 49 tiles due to the CPU demands of so many concurrent video feeds. If you or your colleagues run into issues, you can reduce the tile count using the slider in the layouts dialog.
How do I add my self-feed to the grid? You can hover over your thumbnail at the top right corner to add or remove your self-feed from the grid.
Will video tiles be prioritized over tiles with no videos? Video tiles are prioritized over non-video tiles unless the active speaker has video off.