Use this article to learn:
How to start a Meeting immediately
Starting an immediate meeting may not be the best way to use Google Meets for your students. Check out the Google Meet Advanced article to learn how to schedule recurring meetings making it even easier for your students to find and join their meetings.
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Need to start a meeting right now? The fastest and easiest way to setup a Google Meet is to simply go straight to https://meet.google.com/
Add a name for your meeting, this is visible to all participants and can help them know they are in the right place.
To avoid causing echo (feedback) use a different device for your microphone and speakers. Using headphones helps a lot! |
On this page you can adjust audio and video settings before joining the meeting. Learn more in the next section. Click "Join now" when ready.
Welcome to your meeting!
How to change Camera/Speakers/Microphone (Use a document camera in a meeting)
Need to change to a different speaker or microphone? Have a different camera attached? This section is for you!
Start by choosing the three vertical dot "More options" 
menu in the bottom right when joining a meeting or while a meeting is already open.
Choose the "Settings" option.
Here you can choose different audio devices and test to be sure you have the right ones.
The three dots to the right of the microphone selection will move when audio is detected from that mic.
Choose the "Test" button to hear a test tone over your selected speaker device.
Choose the video tab to swap between video devices.
You can use any external camera that your computer will recognise. This includes document cameras, connect them with a USB cable and chose the doc cam (make sure it's turned on!) in camera settings when setting up your Google Meet. You wil be able to present to the meeting straight from your document camera! |
The Video tab shows connected video cameras and video quality settings, choose the camera you would like to use.
When you are done with settings choose the "Done" option in the lower-right to start or resume your meeting.
How to join a Meeting by phone
When starting a meeting choose the "Join and use a phone for audio section". You will also get a brief reminder of the dial-in information when starting any meeting and you can always access it from the three-dot 
menu even while the meeting is in progress.
The first screen allows you to provide your phone number to receive an automated call which will connect you to the meeting.
Choose the "Dial in" option or make the call yourself or to not this information to provide other participants.
CCA users can join meetings without needing confirmation from the moderator. Outside users however must be approved by the moderator to join the meeting. An outside user attempting to join the meeting will look like this:
If you see this screen and you not expecting a user from outside CCA, be extremely skeptical. |
How to share your Meeting and invite participants
There are two easy ways to share your meeting with participants. You can send the direct link (https://meet.google.com/aaa-bbbb-ccc) or you can send them an email invite.
Once your meeting is in progress choose the "Show everyone" option in the upper-right.
Click the "Add people" button.
Type an email or set of emails and click "send email" to send an invite automatically.
How to control your camera/microphone in a Meeting
There are several buttons at the bottom of the meeting that allow you to mute your microphone and blank your video.
This button will enable and disable your webcam.
This button will mute and unmute your microphone.
How to use text chat (share links) in a Meeting
During a meeting you may need to share text information with participants this could include links to web resources.
Choose the "Chat with everyone" menu item from the upper-right.
Enter the text or link you want into the chat window.
How to control your Meeting participants
Start by choosing the "Show everyone" menu option from the upper-right of the meeting.
Pull down any participant to reveal three options. The first option allows you to "pin" the participant. This will tell the meeting to keep this person's camera or screen in view in the main window even if they are not speaking.
For privacy reasons once you have muted a participant you WILL NOT be able to unmute them. They must unmute themselves. This prevents participants from being heard in the meeting when they might not intend to be. |
The second option is to mute this participant which will disable their ability to be heard in the meeting.
Participants who have been removed CAN rejoin the meeting on their own if they have the meeting link and are from CCA. |
The final option will remove a participant from a meeting.
How to present your Screen/Window/Tab
Start by choose the "Present now" option in your meeting.
Choose the option you would like to present. If you choose to present a window or chrome tab you will need to choose which one to present.
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How to use Meeting Layouts to see different views of your participants.
Google Meet offers several different layouts to display your meeting participants built-in.
Choose the three-dot menu 
in the bottom-right.
Select "Change layout" from the menu.
Google provides three layout options by default.
Sidebar: Shows four most recent participant on the right and the currently speaking participant in the main window. This layout is great for presentations.
Spotlight: Shows only the currently speaking participant.
Tiled: Shows up to 16 participants a once regardless of whether they are speaking.
How to use Grid View extension to see all Participants at once (greater than 16).
Navigate to the "Google Meet Grid View (fix)" extention in the Chrome Webstore here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-view-fix/dakebdbeofhmlnmjlmhjdmmjmfohiicn
At time of writing there are several other Grid View extensions do not install any others as they do not work with the updated version of Google Meet and will break your meetings. |
With the Grid View extension installed your meetings will gain an extra button. Click this button to toggle the grid view on and off as well as choose from additional options.
Using the gridview extension will forcible load all participants video streams. This can result in extremely high bandwidth utilization on your connection and increased utilization for your participants. This can result in performance issues on your side and higher bandwidth bills for participants on limited internet connections. Please use this option with care! |
Video Demonstration
https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282720?hl=en
After inviting a person to your meeting, here is what the recipient's side looks like. The first image is the email they will receive.
Once you click Join Meeting, it will redirect you to Google Meet. From here, select Join Now.
Scheduling Google Meet Sessions
Create an event like normal on your Google Calendar. Before saving, click on more options.
Be sure to select Hangouts Meet under the video icon section. This will create a Google Meet session for your specified time.
Additional Features
In the bottom right corner, there is a 3-vertical dot button to access additional options. Video and audio can be modified under Settings.
Additional Information: Google Meet Training and Help