Google Hangouts Meet PD Outline

1. Google Hangouts is a video calling tool. Google Hangouts Meet (so many names!)

   1. Virtual Conference Room for meeting with others (even groups) face to face or presenting your screen

   2. 2 ways to create a Hangout: Calendar event or meet.google.com

   3. Calendar event = one-time meeting with a certain group of people invited in the calendar event.

   4. Meet.google.com = Set up a reusable room (i.e. PLC, grade level, virtual classroom)

2. Setting up a Hangout via calendar event

   1. Go to calendar.google.com

   2. Create a new event

   3. “Add conferencing” will create a link to a virtual room.

3. Setting up a Hangout via meet.google.com

   1. Go to meet.google.com

   2. Choose “Join or start a meeting” and enter a name

   3. Choose Join Now

   4. Pop-up card give you info for others to join your virtual room

4. Pro Tips for Hangouts

   1. Use a headset for sound quality

   2. Raise webcam up to eye level using a box or stack of books

   3. Wipe webcam with soft dry cloth

   4. Bright rooms look better on camera

   5. Be mindful of your background

5. What can you do in a Hangout?

   1. Far left - Get Hangout login info

   2. 3 Buttons (left to right)

      1. Microphone mute - Mutes if you need to cough or sneeze

      2. Hangup - takes you out of the room

      3. Turn off webcam - gives you privacy from the webcam

   3. Captions - provides closed captioning for whoever is speaking

   4. Present - present window, NOT full screen

   5. Participants - lists presenters by name

   6. Chat - side chat so participants do not interrupt the speaker

   7. Mute audience members - click the microphone icon on the participants thumbnail to mute the participant

   8. Record - recording is automatically saved to Google Drive. Link to video is emailed to organizer

   9. Limit of 250 participants in Hangouts!