Google Meet
Google Meet is the easiest way to give your lecture online.
Since 2018, Google Meet (formerly called "Hangouts Meet") has been available for all 1Hope Accounts. It allows
you to host online video conference calls with up to 250 participants, right in the
web browser.
Watch a video walkthrough of Google Meet
Scheduling a Call
To get started, create a new Google Calendar event and invite all of your participants as guests. As soon as you do, a new Google
Meet call will be created with a unique URL for your participants to use. The person
who scheduled the event will be the only one in the call with the ability to mute
or kick other participants.
You may also want to consider setting up this event as a recurring meeting. If you have the event Repeat, the link to the attached Google Meet call will remain the same across instances of the event.
When it is time for your call, all that the participants need to do is click that link. There is nothing to download/install and no accounts to create.
Documentation about how to join a scheduled Google Meet is available to distribute to participants
During the Call
When participants click on the link, they will land on a lobby screen where they can check their microphone and camera before joining the call. Keep in mind good conference call etiquette and consider muting yourself before entering the call. Once you click Join now, you're in the call!
Depending on the number of people in the call, the layout will automatically switch between:
- Spotlight:
The presentation, active speaker, or pinned video front and center - Tiled:
16 (adjustable up to 49) equal-sized participants at once - Sidebar:
The presentation or active speaker with additional participants along the side
See the Google Meet help article on layouts for more information.
Note: If you previously installed a third-party extension to see more people at a
time in Grid View, we recommend removing it
Top Right
- You can see other participants of the call by clicking the
- Clicking on someone's photo will pin their webcam so that you stay watching their camera, even if someone else talks.
- You can also hover over someone's name in the list to expand some more options, such as muting another participant or removing them from the call. If you are the creator of the call, you will be the only one who is able to mute or kick other participants.
users button in the top right.
- You can access the chat in the top right. This is useful for sharing links for all of the participants to click, or for participants to incicate that they have a question without unmuting themselves and speaking.
- The activities button is where you access Breakout Rooms, Polls, and live Q&A.
Bottom Bar
- Starting in the bottom left, the Meeting Details section shows the name of the event. It can be clicked to quickly get the link and dial-in information for this conference call.
- The Host Controls shield next to the meeting controls in the bottom left is available to whoever scheduled the event. Here, you can restrict others from sharing their screen, using the chat, or disable "quick access".
- In the middle of the bottom bar, there are buttons to mute your microphone, hang up the call, and turn your camera on or off
- Each participant can optionally turn on real-time with the Turn on captions button in the bottom right
- Unlimited people at a time are allowed to share their screen to the call using the
You have three choices for sharing content to the call: Present now button in the bottom right. Shared screens and windows become additional participants in the call. One shared screen at a time is designated the "Presenter", and everyone in the call will see that shared screen front and center.- Your entire screen:
This will show anything that's on your screen to everyone in the call, as you do it, in real-time. - A window:
Even if other windows are open on top of the shared window, everyone in the call will only see the one application you pick. This may be useful if you want to have slide notes open as well, or if you want to begin sharing content but then switch back to the call. - A Chrome tab:
You can share A Chrome tab to the call for high-quality audio and video sharing.
- Your entire screen:
- In the three-dot overflow menu, click the Google Meet Help center. Record meeting to begin recording the call. Everyone in the meeting is alerted that the meeting is now being recorded. When complete, a video file will be added to the meeting organizer's Google Drive in a folder called Meet Recordings. More information is available in
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