Google Meet

Some things to note:

• You can create a meeting with just you and record the meeting as a staff member. This can be a way to record your lessons or morning messages that are longer than 5 minutes.
• When you record, it creates a folder in your Google Drive called, "Meet Recordings". In this folder, you will find all of your recordings. If you right click on the recording and click "SHARE" you can set the recording to viewable by anyone from SAU79...meaning it is not public.
• You will also get an email with your recording that you can download or copy the link.
• After setting the sharing settings, click on "Get shareable link". Copy this and you can share it via Google Classroom or by email (only recommended for grades 2 and below and one-to-one sessions) with the students that need to see the recording.
• For grades 3 and up CLASS meetings: Post your Google Meet link in Google Classroom as an announcement. Delete the announcement and link after your meeting is over. Change the name and link for your meeting every time.
• You can schedule a recurring meeting using Google Calendar. See image below. I do not recommend adding the meeting link for grades 3 and up. Be sure to deselect the options that are detailed below. For grades K-2 and one-to-meetings, it is okay to post the link to a Meet in your recurring Calendar appointment because it is doubtful they will try to go in without you (or it is only the two of you anyhow)!
• Yes, you can see everyone in Google Meets. It is not as pretty as Zoom, but it works. There is an extension that was rolled out called Grid View that made it easier to see everyone, but I checked into it and they have no privacy guarantees, so we cannot use it as a district. Many teachers are currently using Google Meet already and making it work.