Online Meetings

Zoom or Google Meet

Which do I use?

There are many thoughts on this and when comparing who's product is "better" it is important to consider that as a district who uses google products we get the full access to Google meet and with Zoom we get full access temporally. Lets compare the difference.

Google Meet

Free for district employees

Easy

Yes

Chrome web browser or app for phone

Record meetings

Screen sharing

Chat feature

Mute Students

Remove student from Meeting

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-Software required-

Key Features

Zoom

Free for effected school- will cost money after that time

Easy/Mid (Depending of features used)

Yes

web browser or app for phone (For full features you must download software, will not download on a chromebook)

Record meetings

Screen sharing

Chat feature

Mute Students

Remove student from Meeting

Whiteboard feature

Setting up a Google Meet

Copy of How to launch a Google Meet

Google Meet is offering more control for teachers, Teachers can:

Mute Participants - good for our "excited" student
Teacher can remove student from the Google Meet

there is also more.... Read below

Zoom

Tips and Tricks for Teachers Educating on Zoom.pdf

Keep Zoom Meetings PrivateWe've configured Zoom's privacy and security settings to reduce the possibility of unknown or unwelcome guests joining a meeting or webinar. Once in a meeting, uninvited guests can listen in on discussions, capture screenshots of shared content, and even disrupt the meeting with unwanted video, audio, or shared content. If, despite these precautions, someone you don't know shows up in your meeting, you should take it seriously; it's possible that these incidents may constitute a phishing attempt to obtain confidential information or access to Cornell services. See Remove a Participant (below) for more information.