{"id":1602,"date":"2020-07-02T17:31:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accinsweb8366.wpenginepowered.com\/faculty\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1602"},"modified":"2024-03-22T02:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T02:12:08","slug":"what-is-google-meet","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/article\/what-is-google-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Google Meet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/03\/GM_googleMeetIcon.png?resize=133%2C55&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Meet Icon\" width=\"133\" height=\"55\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google Meet is a web conferencing tool which is included in Austin Community College&#8217;s Google Suite.\u00a0 Google Meet is integrated with the Google calendar which includes an Invite option with a link to join the Google Meet\u00a0 Participants can turn on a closed caption option.\u00a0 Google Meet meetings may be recorded.\u00a0 There is chat which can not be turned off.<\/p>\n<p>The Meet organizer or participants may share their entire screen or a specific window.\u00a0 \u00a0Google Meet could be used for a course presentation, office hours,\u00a0 communication and even to monitor testing.<\/p>\n<p>Google Meet is compatible with current versions of most web browsers and has both an android and iPhone &amp; iPad app.<\/p>\n<p>Google Meet is not as powerful as Blackboard Collaborate or WebEx.\u00a0 For example, you can not assign your students to different groups for discussion or to complete a task.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gsuite.google.com\/products\/meet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review<\/a> Google&#8217;s Introduction to Google Meet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/users\/answer\/9282720?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Meet Training and Help<\/a>&#8221; is another complete and comprehensive resource.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Support<\/h2>\n<p>This article was created and is maintained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/tled.austincc.edu\/tled-offices\/office-of-academic-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/tled.austincc.edu\/tled-offices\/office-of-academic-technology\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619701858506000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5NXa_7a5iZaZGlSDzPV1tzp2rjQ\">Office of Academic Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have found an error in this article or if you need assistance incorporating this article in your course, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/acchelp.austincc.edu\/TDClient\/277\/Portal\/Requests\/ServiceCatalog?CategoryID=1377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/tled.austincc.edu\/facultymojo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619701858506000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHwffHk8vUMBZZCZ5UDjBKtGQybUg\">Educational Technology Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Meet is a web conferencing tool which is included in Austin Community College&#8217;s Google Suite.\u00a0 Google Meet is integrated with the Google calendar which includes an Invite option with a link to join the Google Meet\u00a0 Participants can turn on a closed caption option.\u00a0 Google Meet meetings may be recorded.\u00a0 There is chat which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[26],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1602","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-google-meet"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}