Tuesday Tech Tidbits March 16, 2020

Tuesday Tidbits: Technology

March 16, 2020

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by Sandy Blanc

Tip of the Week: Google Video Hangouts "Meet" using Google Calendar! 
If you wanted to create a video conference, currently Google Hangouts Meet has offered free "premium Meet features" through July 1, 2020. This includes the ability for up to 250 people to join a hangout at the same time! This feature is helpful for schools that may be working remotely due to COVID-19 (for G Suite and G Suite for Education users). Although our students have some limitations on access to Meet due to our school filter, I have created directions if you would like to set up a Hangout Meet for your class! 

To create a Google Video Meet that your students can join (up to 250 people); 

1. Go to Google Calendar - use the below procedure to create a calendar event for the day and

time you want to add the hangout. 

1. You can either use the “Create” button in the upper left hand side of Calendar...

2. OR one click on the date of the calendar to create a new event. 

2. Under “Event Details”, under “add location”, select “Add Conferencing” and choose “Hangouts Meet”. 

 

3. Once you select “Hangouts Meet”, you will see “Join Hangouts Meet” with a URL. Here is an

example. You can then copy and paste the URL that is created to share to your students

via Google Classroom, or Gmail!