Tips on how to collaborate in a video meeting

• At the bottom of the meeting, click Hand raise 👁 Hand Raise
  .

• At the bottom of the meeting, click Lower hand 👁 Hand Raise
  .

Learn how to raise your hand in Google Meet.

• You can't pin in Companion mode. Learn more about Companion mode.
• You can only pin when you join with full audio and video.
• If you use a sign language interpreter, pin the presentation and interpreter.

Pin up to 6 participants or presentations

If the participants or presentations are on the layout:

1. In the meeting, hover over a tile and click Pin 👁 Image
   .
2. Optional: To unpin, hover over the tile and click Unpin 👁 Image
   .

If the participants aren't on the layout:

1. At the bottom right of the meeting, click People 👁 People Tab
   .
2. Next to the meeting participant or presentation, click More actions 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Pin to the screen 👁 Image
   .
   • To pin for your screen only, click For myself only.
   • To pin for everyone’s screen, click For everyone.

Tip: When you pin the maximum number of participants and presentations, you get a prompt.

Learn how to pin or mute in Google Meet.

1. On your mobile device, open the Meet app 👁 Image
   .
2. Join a video meeting.
3. At the top right, tap Switch camera 👁 Flip camera
   .

1. Join a Meet video meeting.
2. At the bottom right, click Meeting details 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Copy joining info 👁 Content copy
   .
3. Paste the meeting details in an event, email, chat, or other app.
4. Click Send.

Tip: To open files attached to a calendar event, click Attachments 👁 Image
.

Learn how to add attachments to calendar events.

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Meeting tools 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Questions.
2. At the bottom right, click Ask a question.
3. Enter your question.
4. Click Post.
   • To ask your question anonymously, select Post Anonymously.

• In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Meeting tools 👁 Image
  👁 and then
  Questions.
  • To view everyone's questions, click All questions.
  • To view only your questions, click My questions.
  • To sort questions by popularity or chronologically, next to "Popular," click Down 👁 Image
    👁 and then
    an option.
  • To upvote a question, on the question, click Upvote 👁 Image
    .
  • To delete a question, on the question, click Delete 👁 Image
    .

Learn how to ask participants questions in Google Meet.

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Meeting tools 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Polls.
2. Click Start a poll.
3. Enter a question and options.
   • Tip: To let users respond anonymously, before you save or launch the poll, turn on Responses appear with names 👁 Image
     .
4. Select one:
   • To post your poll, click Launch.
   • To save your poll to launch later, click Save.
5. To vote in your own poll, select an option 👁 and then
   Vote.

• Polls save for the duration of the meeting. Afterwards, polls delete.
• Moderators get a poll report in their email at the end of the meeting.

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Meeting tools 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Polls.
2. Pick your response.
3. Click Vote.

Tip: After you vote, you cannot change your response.

Learn how to conduct polls in Google Meet.

Add breakout rooms to a Calendar event

For a new event:

1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Create an event.
3. Click Add Google Meet video conferencing.
4. Add participants.
5. Click Change conference settings 👁 Image
   .
6. On the left, click Breakout rooms 👁 Image
   .
7. Select the number of breakout rooms, then either:
   • Drag participants into a different room.
   • Enter names directly into a room.
   • To randomly mix the groups, click Shuffle 👁 Image
     .
8. Click Save.

For an event that already exists:

1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Open an event.
3. Click Edit event 👁 Image
   .
4. Under "Event Details," click Change conference settings 👁 Image
   .
5. On the left, click Breakout rooms 👁 Image
   .
6. Select the number of breakout rooms, then either:
   • Drag participants into a different room.
   • Enter names directly into a room.
   • To randomly mix the groups, click Shuffle 👁 Image
     .
7. Click Save.

Create breakout rooms in a meeting

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Meeting tools 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Breakout rooms.
   • Tip: In a work or school account, admins can control who can create a breakout room.
2. Select the number of breakout rooms. You can create up to 100 breakout rooms in a call.
3. Participants are distributed across the rooms. To manually move participants into rooms, you can:
   • Drag participants into a different room.
   • Enter names directly into a room.
   • To randomly mix the groups, click Shuffle 👁 Image
     .
4. At the bottom right, click Open rooms.

Learn how to use breakout rooms in Google Meet.

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1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Click Create 👁 and then
   Event 👁 and then
   More options.
3. Add the event details, like date, time, and description.
4. Add the guests that can fully participate in the video meeting.
   • You can add people from other organizations and trusted domains.
   • Only people in your organization can record and control live streaming.
5. Next to "Join with Google Meet," click Down 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Add live stream.
6. To confirm, click Add live stream.
7. Click Save 👁 and then
   Send.

Tip: To start the live stream, during the meeting, at the bottom right, select Meeting tools 👁 Image
👁 and then
Live streaming 👁 and then
Start streaming.

Learn how to live stream a video meeting.

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Track attendance in Google Meet

Inside a meeting:

1. At the bottom, click Host controls 👁 Image
   .
2. In the side panel, turn on Attendance tracking.

Track attendance from your Google Calendar

For a new event:

1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Create a new event.
3. Click Add Google Meet video conferencing.
4. On the right, click Change conference settings 👁 Image
   .
5. Select Attendance tracking 👁 and then
   Save.

For a meeting that already exists:

1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Select a meeting 👁 and then
   Edit event 👁 Image
   .
3. Under the event details, click Change conference settings 👁 Image
   .
4. Click Attendance tracking 👁 and then
   Save.

Learn how to track attendance in Google Meet.

1. On your computer, open Google Meet.
2. Join a meeting and have someone start a presentation.
3. Hover over the presentation tile.
4. At the bottom right, click Enter zoom mode 👁 Zoom in
   .
   • Your screen zooms to 110% within the presentation.
     • To toggle the zoom levels to existing presets, click Zoom out 👁 Remove
       or Zoom in 👁 Zoom in
       .
       • Existing presets: 100%, 110%, 125%, 150%, 175%, and 200%
     • To pan and move around the presentation, click on the screen.
5. To exit, click Exit zoom mode 👁 Image
   .

To use zoom and pan, the video tile must be:

• A pinned presentation of at least 300 x 400 pixels size
• Not presented or co-presented by you

1. On your computer, open Google Meet.
2. Join a meeting.
3. Start a presentation or ask a participant to do so.
4. Hover over the presentation tile.
5. At the bottom right, click Enter Full Screen 👁 Image
   .
   • Both presenters and participants can display the presentation in full screen.
6. To exit full screen, click Exit Full Screen 👁 Image
   .

Important: The pop out feature isn’t available:

• For MeetLive livestreams
• For the presenter
• On mobile devices
• On Meet room’s hardware

1. On your computer, open Google Meet.
2. Join a meeting.
3. Ask a participant to start a presentation.
4. Hover over the presentation tile.
   1. At the bottom right, click Open in new window 👁 Image
      .
   2. To return the presentation to the main Meet window, close the pop out.