Printable directions

• In Chrome go to this website https://meet.google.com

• Click the + Start a new meeting.

  • When you create your meeting, you will type a nickname (ex: mine was lknight). This nickname will show on the bottom left hand corner during the Hangut. (see participant handout to share with participants).

• Click Continue

• Click Green Join button

  • Note: You can lead a meeting from the Google Hangouts app that you can load to your phone or mobile device. Until you are comfortable with Google Hangouts, I would recommend using your laptop. Most of the directions below are geared toward the laptop/browser version.

• Don't forget to Record Hangouts with students.

Video instructions : Setting up a meeting.

This is where you get the URL (or web address) of the meeting you will conduct. Video Link Here

The first time you join or start a meeting, make sure to ALLOW Google Hangouts Meet to use your camera and microphone.

Inviting others to join your Hangout

*When you go to https://meet.google.com in Chrome Browser and begin your meeting, you have the ability to see your sharing information that you will send to invite others to join the meeting.

When you start a Hangout, you have many sharing options. The image below is an example of one of mine. Do not share my info with students. You will share your meeting information with students. As you can see below, you can see the nickname, direct URL, even a dial in with pin. (There is a copy joining info button so you can copy and paste into Seesaw, Classroom, Renweb or email.) You can also directly add people if you want to type their email addresses.

Highly recommend clicking the copy button (shown in image below), and using that information to send in your email telling people about the meeting. You can't use the nickname unless you are using with St. Rita.

• After clicking the “Copy joining info” go to an email message and paste that information into the body of your email. That will give them a direct link to your session. Do this email within 15 minutes of the scheduled beginning time. Do NOT close your current Hangout session. Leave your window open so you can allow participants to join.

• IMPORTANT: if you close your web browser with the video conference, then you will have to restart your Hangout which means you would have to share the new join link. ( I had to learn this the hard way.)

• Once people start going to the link, you will get a notice to allow people to join.

Video Instructions: Basic Hangouts Features

Teachers must record their sessions with students.

At the beginning of the Google Hangout Meet video conference, you will begin recording. At the end of the video conference, you will need to end the recording (don't forget to end it otherwise, it might not save).

After you end your recording, depending on the length of the recording, you will receive an email when it is finished and saved to your Google Drive. If you do not get an email, then you may want to check your Google Drive (click "Recent" folder to see if it is showing). The file name will be randomly generated with random letters. Do not forward the email you received since you are the only person who has access to that file. Once your Saved Hangout's Meet (video conference) file is showing in your Google Drive, you are able to "Share" that file with the administration if requested. In Drive, right click on the video conference file, and click Share. In the next box that pops up, type their email addresses into the box specified for names and email addresses. You can type in the message box, any pertinent info you want the admin to know about the file you are sending. Click Done button when completed.

If you are wanting to share a video with your students during a Google Meet session, please follow the directions below so you are more likely to be successful.

Video directions: https://youtu.be/3YCXpxRUsoA

Steps:

Open the video (Flipgrid, YouTube, etc.) you want to show your students on one of your Chrome tabs.

On a different tab, open your Google Meet session.

During your Google Meet session, go to the present button. Choose “A Chrome Tab.” A list of what is on each tab in Chrome will be listed in a box on your screen. Make sure the “share audio” is selected on the bottom of this box. Click the choice for the tab you are wanting to present to your students. Then press blue “share” button. Now, students are seeing the tab you selected.