Meet: Create a Video meeting

This document is intended to show users how-to create video meetings in Hangouts Meet both from a Calendar invite and in the moment. The process will be explained below with steps, instructions and screenshots.

Creating a Hangouts Meet with a Calendar Invite

Open Google Calendar after logging in with your district Google credentials

1. Create a meeting invite for the appropriate date and time

2. Add the invitees’ emails to the invite

3. Under “Add Conferencing” change the setting to “Hangouts meet

4. This will add the below to your meeting invite which will be the code to connect to. Users can also click on the link in their invite to join the meeting

Creating a Hangouts Meet, without scheduling a specific time, to use immediately

1. In a web browser, enter https://meet.google.com.

2. Click ‘Start a new meeting’

3. Click ‘Join now’

4. To add someone to a meeting, choose an option:

• Click Copy and paste the meeting details into an email or another app.

• Click Add people and choose an option:

  • Under the Invite section, enter an email address and click Send invite.

  • Under the Call section, enter a phone number and press Call .

5. Click ‘Send invite’

By following these simple steps users should be able to create video meetings in Hangouts Meet. For further assistance, please contact IT support.