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CCAD Library Resources for Remote Teaching

Online Teaching Guide for Faculty

Google Meet

Get started with Google Meet
You can use Meet to:
• Start a chat conversation or video call.
• Make phone calls using Wi-Fi or data.
• Send text messages with your Google Voice or Google Fi phone number.

Meet sync automatically across devices. If you start a meeting on your computer, you can continue
your chat on another device, like your phone.
https://support.google.com/meet/

LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning has a Google Meet tutorial that is clear and easy to follow.

Requirements & Setup

What you need to use Meet:
•  A Google Account. Your CCAD email is a Google account.
•  A computer or phone with a camera and microphone. Learn how to use your camera and
microphone when you start a video call for the first time.
•  A broadband internet or data connection.

Meet supports the current version and the 2 previous major releases of these operating systems: 

  • Apple MacOS
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Chrome OS
  • Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions

Meet has limited support in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, and Microsoft Edge provides a better Meet experience. 

Tip: If your browser doesn't support Meet video meetings, you can dial in using the phone number and PIN, if provided by the meeting organizer.

Before you start using Meet, you need to allow access to your computer's camera and microphone.
Allow access the first time you use Meet

  • In a web browser, go to the Meet homepage.
  • Click Start a new meeting.
  • Click Allow.

Change the setting to allow access
If you aren’t asked to allow access or if you blocked access before, you can change your settings.

  • In a web browser, go to the Meet homepage.
  • Click Start a new meeting.
  • At the top right, click Camera blocked Disallowed media.
  • Click Always allow https://meet.google.com to access your camera and microphone.
  • Click Done. The video meeting automatically connects. If you don't see the meeting reload, exit and re-enter the meeting.

Google Meet Demos