Google Meet and Google Chat

Overview

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In this course, we introduce you to Google Meet, Google’s video conference software included with Google Workspace.

You learn how to create and manage video conference meetings using Google Meet. You explore different ways to open Google Meet and add people to a video conference. You also learn how to join meetings from different sources like calendar events or meeting links.

We discuss how Google Meet can help you better communicate, exchange ideas, and share resources with your team wherever they are. You learn how to customize the Google Meet environment to fit your needs and how to effectively use chat messages during a video conference. You also explore different ways to share resources, such as by using calendar invites or attachments.

You learn about using host controls in Google Meet to manage participants and utilize interactive moderation features. You also learn how to record and live stream video conferences.

Syllabus

Course Introduction

This module covers the agenda. It also introduces students to On the Rise and the course business challenge.

Introduction to Google Meet

In this module, we will introduce you to Google Meet.

Using Google Meet

In this module, you’ll explore the Google Meet environment so that you can become more familiar with it. You’ll explore the different ways that you can open Google Meet and add people to a video conference. You’ll also learn how to join a meeting from different sources such as a calendar event or a meeting link.

Collaborate in Google Meet

This module focuses on how Google Meet can help you communicate better, and exchange ideas. We explore the different ways to share relevant documents with your team before and during meetings. We discuss how to customize the Google Meet environment to fit your needs and how to effectively collaborate with participants during a video conference.

Host Management in Google Meet

In this module, you’ll explore how you can customize meeting access and moderation settings before and during Google Meet video conferences. You’ll learn how to use collaborative features like breakout rooms, polls, Q&As, and whiteboarding to quickly get opinions and questions and facilitate smaller discussions for meeting attendees. You’ll also explore the capabilities of Google Meet that support different meeting use cases like live streaming, recording, and the transcripts feature.

Business challenge

In this module, you will put everything you have learned into practice by helping our fictional Google Workspace customer solve their business challenge.