1. Look in the Stream header for Generate Meet link.

2. Click on the link to turn on Meet.

Note: If you don't want the Meet link visible to students when a meeting is not in session, go to the Settings icon, look under General, and turn off Visible to students. Repeat to turn the link on.

Set up Meet for distance learning

Create a consistent schedule but inform students. Post an Announcement in STREAM or CREATE an Assignment in Classwork.

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1. In the Classwork tab, CREATE an Assignment.

2. Assignment

   • Title = Date and time of the Meet + is it whole class or small group

   • Instructions = What will be covered + what students can working on while waiting. Make sure to remind students to access to the Meet using the link in the STREAM header or the video icon in CLASSWORK.

   • Add = Resources to be used such as Jamboard, Google Slides presentation, and/or links.

   • If this is a small group Meet, change ALL STUDENTS to only the individuals in that small group. Use Reuse Post to make slight changes for the other small groups.

Suggestion: Use Repost to reuse a Small Group Assignment. Then make modifications such as the names of the students in the small group.

By using Classdojo to communicate with parents, parents will get students to attend the first few meetings. When meetings are consistent, the students take responsibility to for attending future Meets.

Many schools use the free app Classdojo. Teachers can send whole class messages to parents and set up individual conversations. While this app can record student behavior, many schools use it just to communicate with families. Teacher directions | Parent directions

Teach students to use shortcuts to mute and unmute themselves. If the student has a connection that causes freezes, have students turn off their camera to fix the problem.

CTRL +D = Mute or unmute your microphone

CTRL + E = Turn on or off camera

More shortcuts

1. Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen to access the grey bar.

2. Select the three dots (snowmen).

3. Click Layout.

4. Select the Layout that suits the purpose.

• Auto: If you keep on auto, the image will change with the person speaking (even when you don't want it to)

• Sidebar: Small group instruction

• Spotlight: Use when teacher or student is presenting (Pin the image)

• Tiled: Use when polling class for answers

1. Move cursor to bottom of screen to view grey bar.

2. Select Present now.

3. Select Your entire screen.

4. Click on the image.

5. Select Share.

1. Move cursor to bottom of screen to view grey bar.

2. Mute yourself and turn of the video. (See note below)

3. Select Present now.

4. Select A Chrome tab.

5. Click on the screen you want to share.

6. Select Share.

NOTE: If you do not mute yourself, the audio will echo. The more tabs and videos you use, the more it eats up bandwidth. If the video still lags, turn off your camera (CTRL + E).

When a teacher selects Present, the teacher cannot see the chat. To fix this, use a split screen extension to see both the presentation and the students.

Install either Dualless or Tab Resize Extension.

1. • Benefit of Dualless - resize tabs so that the presentation is larger than the chat.

   • Benefit of Tab Resize - use the shortcut CTRL + Shift + 2 to split screen in half.

Jamboard is an interactive whiteboard. Teachers can create word sorts, prompt discussions, or teach math. The phone app has even more options than the web app.

Option 1: Teach to demonstrate

Option 2: Share edit access with students

Option 3: Assign to individual students

Click here to learn more about Jamboard. For individual student whiteboards, try Whiteboard.fi.

Use the Chrome extension Meet Attendance to identify students present in the video conference.

1. Click on the Show Everyone icon.

2. Click the box with the check mark to open the Spreadsheet where the names of the people in the meeting will show.

3. If you need to take attendance a second time, click on CHAT and return to PEOPLE or turn on Auto-scroll.

Note: Anyone presenting will have their name listed twice.

Suggestion: At the beginning of a new week, click the add Sheet icon (the one farthest to the left). A new Spreadsheet (the next icon) most likely will not be used.

In the top right, look for the PEOPLE icon. Hover the mouse over a participant's name. Everyone has the option to PIN a video, but since you are the creator of the Meet you also mute students and remove them from presenting and/or the Meet session.

Pin: The bulletin board pin allows the user to view only that person. Students should use this during direct instruction.

Mute: The teacher can Mute individual students but cannot unmute them. Future updates will including muting all students at once.

Remove Student Presentation: Whenever a person presents, a second participant is added to the Participants list. The teacher can stop the presentation by Removing the presentation (click the circle with line).

Remove Student: At the end of the Meeting, manually remove students who do not leave on their own. Make sure the teacher is last to leave.

Students may not enter a Meet before a teacher but they can hang around afterwards, even after you leave. Make sure you are the last one in the room before exiting the Meet. Remove any students who are still in the Meet.

1. Click on the Show everyone icon.

2. Click on the student's name.

3. Select the circle with a line icon to remove student.

4. Confirm Remove.

Students can NOT enter a Google Meet in Google Classroom without the teacher being present. Turning on the link serves as a signal that a Meet will occur soon.

1. In the upper right corner, select the Class settings icon.

2. Go to General.

3. Find Visible to students and slide the button to turn the link view to on/off.

These norms were created by BCSD Alicia Arriola and used with her 2nd Grade students in Spring 2020.

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• Make a copy to modify for your students