Google Meet K-2

Directions for teachers

Link to public site to send to parents as a resource:

https://sites.google.com/rtmsd.org/video-conferencing-help/resource

All Google Meets for K-2 can be linked from Seesaw or parent email but will require a level of security (see below).

Update your weekly parent correspondence with the times you will have your Google Meets - inform parents that all Google Meets, for privacy and security reasons, require students to be logged into the meet more securely.

Teachers have 3 options for this "security"

Have your students log into their Google Accounts

Use a special naming convention (word in font of name) to log into a Meet.
1. When signing into a Google Meet without an RTMSD account there is a prompt for the student to enter a name. Create a special naming convention or word for students to use to gain admittance to the Meet: All students should type 'Dinos' after their first name. Example: John Dinos
Give your parents a choice between Options 1 and 2. Have the families choose between using the RTMSD Google Logins or a special class naming convention.

5 minutes before the Meeting is supposed to go live - Go to meet.google.com
1. "Click "Join or Start a Meeting"
2. Enter a Unique Meeting Name. Example: "MrSmithsLions" (Students will not have to know or enter this name)
3. Click "Continue"
4. On new page click "Join now" - This starts the meeting and opens it up
5. Copy the URL link to this meeting. Example "meet.google.com/xxx-xxxx-xxx"
6. Go to Seesaw or email to post the link
  1. In Seesaw - Create an Announcement and add the link for students to see. Or Email link to parent emails.

Have your meeting - make sure to admit those students who are requesting to come in.

To close meeting
1. Ask all students to disconnect or "hang up"
2. Be the last person to hang up - this will close the link for further use.

Create a secure Google Meet Link

Sign into Google

Optional text to use in an email to parents/guardians (please adapt to your preferred method):

Our class is using Google Meets to collaborate as a group. For an extra layer of security we will use our RTMSD Google logins to enter the Meets.

Student logins are made up of the student's last name and first initial before @rtmsd.org.

For example, John Smith would be smithj@rtmsd.org.

RTMSD Google passwords are "Rtm-" followed by the student's 5 digit lunch code. Please note: that the password has an upper-case “R” and lowercase “tm” with no spaces.

For example "Rtm-12345)

or option 2

To join the Google Meet please use this special word after your student's name. Our class's special word is "Lion."

Go to Seesaw or check your email:

At the appropriate time, click on the Google Meet link.

Under "What's your Name,"

Type your child's name and our special code word: Jellyfish.

Example Cindy Jellyfish

(this will act as a type of password)

Click "Ask to Join" to enter Meet.

It may take a moment for me to approve you.

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