Google Meet tips & how-to's
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Security Features
Meet employs a vast array of safety measures to keep your video meetings safe. These include anti-hijacking controls for both web video meetings and telephony dial-ins. Here are some of the key counter measures that are in place:
Meeting codes - Each meeting code is 10 characters long, with 25 characters in the set. This makes it harder to brute force “guess” meeting codes. Meeting details - Can be changed in the invite. Completely changing the video meeting invite changes both the meeting code and the phone PIN. This is especially useful if a user is no longer part of the meeting invite. |
Attending a meeting - The following restrictions apply when people join a video meeting:
- Anonymous users (users without Google accounts) are not allowed to join meetings.
- Google limits the ability of participants to join a meeting more than 15 minutes in advance of the scheduled time.
- Only users on the calendar invite can enter without an explicit request to join meetings. Participants not on the calendar invite must request to join a meeting by “knocking”, which must be accepted by the meeting organizer.
- Only the meeting host can admit participants not on the calendar invite, by inviting people from within the meeting and accepting requests to join.
- Meeting organizers have easy access to security controls such as muting and removing recipients, and only the meeting host can remove or mute participants directly within a meeting.
- Meet places numerical limits on potential abuse vectors.
- Users can report abusive behavior in meetings
Google Meet Split Screen Extension
Install an extension on your Chrome Browser called Tab Scissors which allows you to automatically position tabs in your browser side by side, so you can see you students on one side and what you are presenting on the other. Install from the Chrome Web Store. Check out this 4 minute video to see how to install and how it works. You may also consider using two computers, or a computer and an iPad, so you can see your students on one screen and the content you are presenting on the other. |
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Google Meet Waiting Room Extension
This extension is meant to be installed on managed student devices only. This is not for use on teachers devices. It is also important to ensure the Google Meet session is empty before you leave or else students will be able to stay in the session.
Enable Screen Capture Mode
Easily remove student names and clean up the grid to easily capture screen for picture.
Zoom-like Gallery View
Meet has a tiled layout, allowing you to see 16 call participants at once.
Approve requests to join
During a video meeting, only the meeting creator can see and approve requests to join the meeting from outside of the school’s G Suite domain. If a teacher creates a meeting and wants to include guests with an email address that’s outside of their school domain, make sure they stay on the call until all external guests have been approved to join.
Manage participants
Only the meeting creator can mute or remove participants.
Noise Cancellation with Google Enterprise
This feature should be available to turn on in your settings soon. It will help limit interruptions to your meeting, Meet can intelligently filter out background distractions—like your dog barking or keystrokes as you take meeting notes.
Present a Chrome Tab
Present higher-quality video content with audio: Users now have the option to present a Chrome tab (instead of just presenting their window or entire screen). If you need to share high-quality video with audio content in meetings, select this option for the best experience for remote viewers. The “present a Chrome tab” feature is rolling out to general availability as of today.
Create Your Google Meeting links directly in Google Classroom! There are TWO benefits...
This extension is meant to be installed on managed student devices only. This is not for use on teachers devices. It is also important to ensure the Google Meet session is empty before you leave or else students will be able to stay in the session.
Enable Screen Capture Mode
Easily remove student names and clean up the grid to easily capture screen for picture.
Zoom-like Gallery View
Meet has a tiled layout, allowing you to see 16 call participants at once.
Approve requests to join
During a video meeting, only the meeting creator can see and approve requests to join the meeting from outside of the school’s G Suite domain. If a teacher creates a meeting and wants to include guests with an email address that’s outside of their school domain, make sure they stay on the call until all external guests have been approved to join.
Manage participants
Only the meeting creator can mute or remove participants.
Noise Cancellation with Google Enterprise
This feature should be available to turn on in your settings soon. It will help limit interruptions to your meeting, Meet can intelligently filter out background distractions—like your dog barking or keystrokes as you take meeting notes.
Present a Chrome Tab
Present higher-quality video content with audio: Users now have the option to present a Chrome tab (instead of just presenting their window or entire screen). If you need to share high-quality video with audio content in meetings, select this option for the best experience for remote viewers. The “present a Chrome tab” feature is rolling out to general availability as of today.
Create Your Google Meeting links directly in Google Classroom! There are TWO benefits...
- All video meetings created in your Google Classroom are considered reoccurring, so you can use this same link for all of your meetings, indefinitely.
- They are considered nicknamed meetings, so students can't join a meeting before the teacher, or rejoin the meeting if the teacher is the last participant to leave. Plus, this link will not expire.
Add Google Meet grid view extension for chrome browser
1. Open the Chrome Browser.
2. Go to Chrome Web Store. 3. Add Google Meet Grid View extension. 4. The next time you host or join a Google Meet, the grid view icon will appear on your toolbar. 5. Students have access to add this extension, too. |
Change the layout of your participants
You can arrange the way you see everyone in a call. From the 3 dots menu on lower right, scroll up to Change Layout.
NOTE: This only changes the way YOU see your participants. You cannot change the view for your students. Your students will have the same options as you, but they have to change the layout themselves. |
Pair your screen sharing with these free online whiteboard apps.
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Did you know?
A chime sounds when the first 5 people join the meeting. Additional participants do not chime when joining and are automatically muted. You can unmute them! MUTE / UNMUTE or REMOVE your Participants When you are on the call, click the people icon at top right. The toolbar will expand and when you click each participant, you can mute/unmute or remove them from the call. |
Meet links EXPIRE!
If you create an instant meeting link at meet.google.com, then right after the meeting ends, your meeting link will expire. There are two quick ways to create a permanent link, so you do not have to keep creating new links.
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Share your screen
You can present your entire screen or a specific window to share documents, presentations, videos, websites and more.