1.  Open Google Meet by clicking on the 9 square icon in the top right corner of your screen.  Then click the Meet icon.  You can also access Google Meet by typing meet.google.com in the URL address bar.

2.  Depending on if you want to set up a Meet at a later time or start a meeting instantly, click the appropriate option. 

2A.  If you choose the Create a Meeting for Later option, you will receive a meeting link.  You can paste this meet link in Schoology, Google Classroom, or email to your students.

2B.  If you select the Start an Instant Meeting option, your computer's camera will enable and you will see yourself on the screen.  To invite people to the meet,  you can click Add Others.

2C.  Select all people you want to invite to the Meet.  If you don't see a name on the list, you can type the invitee's name in the Enter Name or Email box.

2D.  After selecting and/or typing in the names of the invitees, click Send Email.  This will send the meeting link to the recipients.

2E.  Instead of selecting the Add Others option, you can also choose to click the box to copy the meeting link and then email this link to the recipients.

3.  The recipients will receive an email like the one below.  They can click Join Call to join the meeting online.  If they need to join the meeting by phone, they can dial the number at the bottom of the email and then enter the meeting PIN to join.  

4.  The recipient(s) will then see themselves on the screen.  To join the meeting, they will click Other Ways to Join.

5.  The recipeient(s) then click Join Here Too on their screen.

6.  When recipients join the Meet, the host can see their images on the lower right corner of the host's screen.  

7.  While waiting for people to join the meeting, it is a good idea to check your computer’s audio and video.  Click the three dots in the lower middle section of the screen. 

8.  Click Settings.

9.  To check your audio settings, make sure that your computer’s microphone is selected.  If it is not selected, click the drop menu button and select the correct microphone from the list of choices.  Say a few words and watch the small blue and white lines located to the right of the microphone icon.  The moving lines should indicate that the microphone is working.   Also make sure that the correct speakers from your computer are selected from the second drop-down menu.  Click the Test button to test the speaker's sound.

10.  Check your computer’s camera by clicking on Video.  Your computer’s camera should automatically appear, but if you do not see yourself on the screen, click the drop menu just beneath the Camera tab and select your computer’s camera from the list of choices.   You can leave the Send Resolution setting as Auto.  However, you can click the drop-down menu and increase the resolution that your Meet video will be by selecting the High Definition option.

11.  Click the X to close the box.

12.  As people join, they are automatically admitted to the meeting.  Unlike Zoom, the host does not have to admit people to the meeting.  As the host, you can see the names of the people who have joined by clicking the People icon in the lower right corner of the screen.

13.  This brings up a list of people on the right side of the screen.   

14.  Click on the Telephone icon when you are ready to end the Meet.

Congratulations!  You have now set up a Google Meet.