Google Meet
Google Meet allows you to create audio or video conferences with people both inside and outside the university.
Please add Zoom or Google Meet conferencing to each Calendar meeting so that participants can attend regardless of their location.
Getting Started with Google Meet
The best way to get started with Meet is to visit Google Meet training and help on Google's Google Workspace Learning Center.
The Learning Center guides you through how to start and join video meetings, and share and collaborate in video meetings. It has productivity and troubleshooting tips. It even includes a handy Google Meet cheat sheet.
Learning Center topics of particular interest
Meeting setup at a glance
Connect a camera/microphone to your computer if one is not built in.
Start a meeting from a Google Calendar invite, from a Gmail message, or from meet.google.com.
Allow Google Meet to use your camera and microphone.
Check that your camera and microphone are working.
Make sure participants are present and begin your meeting.
Add Google Meet (or Zoom) to your Calendar events
To make it easy for your meeting participants to attend your meeting when they cannot be physically present, please "Add video conferencing" each time you create a meeting in your Calendar.
Go to Google Calendar and create an event.
Enter the event title and date/time.
Click Add guests and enter the email addresses.
Click Add video conferencing.
Click Save.
Click Send to send the invite.
You can also Add Conferencing to existing Calendar events.
Use recurring Calendar events with added conferencing
Creating a recurring Calendar event with added conferencing is the best way hold a regularly-scheduled event with a fixed list of participants, such as a class or a department staff meeting, that allows remote participation.
Quick Facts about Google Meet at CatholicU
Here are some quick facts about using Google Meet.
The maximum number of meeting participants is 100.
Google Meet supports Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox web browsers; no special browser plugins are needed.
There is a Google Meet mobile app available for Android and iOS devices.
You can give video meeting access to any participant using a single shared link.
You can present your whole screen or a specific window to meeting participants.
Participants can dial into your meeting from a phone for audio-only access.
You can record a meeting and share the recording with other CatholicU individuals (those with active Cardinal Credentials) for up to 30 days before the recording expires.