Google Meet

Google Hangouts Meet, or just Meet, is Google's enterprise video conferencing software. This app is similar to the video calls in the free, consumer version of Hangouts, with a few additional features like real-time captions and support for up to 250 participants and 100,000 live stream viewers. Google Meet allows groups to connect through video, audio, chat or dial in. Users can easily share screens as they connect. Meets should be used in the Google Chrome browser.

You'll book appointments first in Google Calendar, then open meet.google.com and jump on the call when it's time.

Getting Started

Creating a new Google Calendar event and select Add Conferencing-->Hangouts Meet.
Dial-in to a meeting using any phone. Just dial the Google Meet phone number and enter the pin code, OR
Open the Calendar link or the code that you received (meet.google.com/xxx-xxx-xxx
Install the iOS or Android mobile apps on to your device and join a pre-scheduled meeting or start a new one. You will need to grant access to Meet for the camera and microphone to use the app successfully.
Once you log into the app on your phone, all scheduled Meets will display at the bottom of the screen

See the screenshot below to learn the parts of the screen.

Meet training and help

Whiteboard Integration

While Google Meet does not have true whiteboard integration, it is easy to add whiteboards using screenshare and an online whiteboard application. Below is a video from Eric Curts (ControlAltAchieve) demonstrating how to use the Chrome Canvas and Google Jamboard.

Resource Links

Google Jamboard - https://jamboard.google.com/
Google's Chrome Canvas - https://canvas.apps.chrome/

Integrating Google Hangouts Meet into Google Classroom

Google has added features to make it easier to post Google Meet links in Google Classroom. In fact, now you can now have a Google Meet link permanently assigned to each of your classrooms with Google Classroom. This means that you can have the same meeting link for an entire semester or year. If you have more than one classroom, you will have to use a different Meet link for each of them.

Thanks to Chris Pirkl and Richard Byrne for posting this information on social media to share with the rest of us.

Start a Google Meet from Gmail

Google is releasing a new feature for Meet. It should start rolling out between April 16 and 30, so watch for it. This new feature will add Meet right inside Gmail. Scroll down and click More and you should see the Meet option - Start a meeting or Join a meeting.