Google Meet

Tips, Tricks and Tutorials

Click the links below to see the latest features that have rolled out in Google Meet!

Breakout Rooms WITHIN Google Meet

Using Jamboard within Google Meet

How to see your entire class while presenting in Google Meet.

Things to Know about Meet (as of 9/28)

HOST CONTROLS!! You can turn off chat and screensharing for students!
See up to 49 participants by going to the three dots, change layout, tiled, and use the toggle bar.
You can blur your background and run breakout rooms with an extension (only from your desktop)
You can mute each participant one by one by clicking on their box. However, students can unmute themselves.
You may want to tell students to use sidebar layout so that the speaker or screenshare is large.
Wait until the last student has left the meet before leaving the meet yourself. Students CANNOT re-enter the meet without you in it.

Host Controls and Jamboard in Google Meet

Host control AND Jamboard integration are finally here!! Watch this loom to see how to turn off chat and screen sharing in Google Meet.

Here's a loom about Jamboard within Meet.

Playing a video in Google Meet

How to present Google Slides (large) and see your class in Meet

Blur your background in Google Meet

How to turn your Meet nickname into a URL

Google Meet Expectations

Make your own copy of this Slide to share with students!

Google Meet Expected and Unexpected Behaviors

IconsforGoogleMeetSecured.pdf

Print out these icons from Classroom of Kindness. Hold one up when students need a visual cue on Google Meet!

How to Record in Google Meet and Find the Video

TIP: If using two devices during a Meet, record on the device that you are using for screensharing.

Google Meet Extension Must Haves

Grid View (fix) Extension

Use this extension until Google Meet updates their tile view which will allow 49 participants on the screen!

This Chrome extension allows the teacher to annotate on any website, including while screen sharing. Here's a loom video on how to use this extension for 1:1 or small groups and see you student(s) at the same time.

Dualless

Splitting your screen when you don't have dual monitors can help any computer work more efficient. Here's a short tutorial on how you can also use this extension while presenting in Google Meet so that you can see your class grid at the same time!

Using 2 devices and your ELMO in your Google Meet

If you plan to teach remotely from your classroom, you can use your desktop and your chromebook during a Google Meet and join the same Meet on both devices. One device can be used for any screen sharing and using your ELMO. This device is the one you would want to do your Meet Recording. The second device can be used to see your whole class in grid view. Be sure to mute AND turn volume down on ONE device so you don't have feedback.

If you don't have the ImageMate software, check for a USB cord on the back of the ELMO. You'll need this for the doc camera to display on your desktop and/or your chromebook. If you don't have the cord, write a work order asking for a USB cord for your ELMO.

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This video explains the set up for the teacher desk to the right.

In this picture, the ELMO is hooked up directly to the hard drive of desktop computer with a USB cord. The desktop monitor is sitting further back but can be used for screensharing or the doc camera. The desktop has joined the google meet and can be controlled with the mouse and keyboard. The chromebook is sitting on the hard drive and will show the teacher's face and will allow a view of all of the students.

How to use your ELMO with your chromebook

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Use this link on your chromebook to display the document camera onto your chromebook. In Google Meet, click 'present now' and share the ImageMate tab.

How to Pivot your Document Camera

How to pivot your ELMO to use as a webcam

More Google Meet Enhancements

Breakout Rooms

Here's an Extension you can use to create Breakout Rooms. In October, Google Meet is rolling out their own breakout rooms within Meet itself. Here's a loom explaining how to set it up and use it!

Google Meet and Classroom

Information on how you can use the Google Meet link within Google Classroom

Google Meet Attendance Extension

The Meet Attendance extension allow you to collect attendance and it shows time joined and left in a spreadsheet.

Click the loom video below to see a demonstration of the extension..

Loom | Send a video. Not a thousand words.Get your message across with instantly shareable videos for work. Capture your screen, record your front-facing camera, and narrate it all at once, then instantly share with a simple link.

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Custom Cursor Chrome Extension

If your students have trouble following your cursor when you are sharing your screen, you will want this extension! Students will enjoy it as well. The video also shows you how to change your cursor a couple of ways in settings.