Google Meet
Grid view
To turn on Grid View or change the view in your Google Meet follow the three steps shown here
Google Meet - norms
If you a running a class or meeting via Google Meet, here is a suggestion for getting the most out of the meeting:
Mute participants while presenting. How to Pin or Mute a participant
Ask that questions (while presenting) be typed in the chat section How to use chat
Designate a wingman, deputy, assistant or buddy, (you pick the term) and have them monitor the chat
Pause now and then and check in with questions that you can address from the chat list. Have your assistant read the questions to you, or invite participants (one at a time) to unmute themselves to ask their question.
Attendance reports
Turn on Attendance Reporting in the host controls to have an attendance report emailed to you.
Breakout rooms (new!)
Finally, teachers can use breakout rooms to facilitate small group work and collaboration with students without having to install 3rd party extensions!
For more help on using breakout rooms click here
Check out this page for activity suggestions to keep you students on task in breakout rooms
Create breakouts rooms in advance
Cut down time by creating breakout rooms in advance
Change your background on Google Meet
This can be a fun way to present to your students (this is for laptops, not iPads).
Removing students
This video covers removing students and adding individual students that are having trouble joining and shows both the teacher and student view.
New control features
The latest control option added to Google Meet lets teachers specify whether or not students can share their screens and whether or not students can use the chat function in a Google Meet. The default will still be that students can share their screens, but you'll now be able to disable that option at the start of your Google Meet events.
Google Meet Scheduling.mp4Google Meet scheduling
In this video Steve K shows us how to use Google Meet nicknames and shortcut links for letting students join your class.
Using nicknames in calendar
Add your google meet nickname to a calendar event by placing the URL in the calendar description.
Whiteboard Tools for Google Meet
This video covers digital whiteboard tools you can use with Google Meet including Chrome Canvas and Google Jamboard
Closed captioning
When students join the Google Meet as them to:
Tap the screen
Look for the CC icon at the top of the screen
Tap the CC icon.
To turn off the captioning, tap the CC icon again.
Note: currently the captioning is only available in English.
Record a meeting
Google Meet does not have a built-in way to transcribe the captioning that occurs during the meeting.
However, there are a couple of easy ways to capture what happened in the meeting to share with others, if that is your goal.
1. Video record the meeting in Google Meet. Here is a link on How to Record a Meet
2. If you upload the video to Youtube you can use VidReader to create a transcript of the meeting. A written transcript can be shared in a Google Doc, and then students can use Google Translate to read it in their language. Google Translate is not perfect, but it will be close to accurate and may help kids wit comprehension.