Google Meet
Using Google Meet
Google Meet is a video conferencing platform. Google Meet lets you organize video conference calls, voice-only calls and/or screen sharing.
In Google Meet, users create meeting links and send these links to participants. Anyone with a meeting link or invite can join the meeting; no account or sign-in needed. Links can be sent out ahead of time, letting you plan online meetings in advance.
Every SSE Riga account user has access to Google Meet and can set up and host their own individual Google Meet meetings. Just go to https://meet.google.com/ and log in with your SSE Riga account or go to Gmail and click on Start a meeting or Join a meeting.
Google Meet supports up to 500 participants in a single conference call. You can connect from any computer or phone with a modern web browser or from Google Meet app on Android and iPhone/iPad.
For detailed information about Google Meet, visit Google Meet training and help. For troubleshooting information, visit Troubleshooting help page.
Set up a Google Meet meeting
Go to Google Meet. Make sure you are logged in with your SSE Riga account
Click New meeting and select Create a meeting for later, Start an instant meeting or Schedule in Google Calendar
You can invite more people by either Add people and creating a list of attendees or Copy joining info and sending out info in an e-mail
Note: Guests can forward the meeting link to other people. If someone tries to join who was not in the list of attendees, a meeting participant must accept their request to join.
Set up a Google Meet meeting from Google Calendar
Go to Google Calendar and create an event. Make sure you are logged in with your SSE Riga account
Click Add guests and the names or email of the people you want to invite
Click Add Google Meet video conferencing. Meeting information will be automatically added to your event
Click Save and Send to send the invites. Guests will receive an email with the event information and a link to the video meeting
Note: Guests can forward the meeting link to other people. If someone tries to join who was not in the list of attendees, a meeting participant must accept their request to join.
Note: Before you join the meeting, you will have option to test your camera and microphone and turn off camera and/or microphone.
More information at Meet Help page
Add guests to an existing Google Meet meeting
You can invite more guests and remove guests during a video meeting. To invite people outside of your organization who haven’t already been added, someone from your organization must first give them access to the meeting.
To add specific people to the meeting:
In the bottom right, click Show everyone and then Add people
Enter names or email addresses and click Send email
To send out meeting link in an e-mail:
In the bottom right corner, click Meeting details
Click Copy joining info
Paste the meeting details into an email, and send it out
For more information check Add people to a video meeting
Share your screen in a Google Meet meeting
You can present your entire screen or a specific window in a meeting to share documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and more.
Join a video meeting
In the bottom-right corner, select Present now
Select Your entire screen or A window.
Select Share
If your camera is turned on, participants continue to see your video while you're presenting.
To stop sharing your screen, in the Meet window, click Stop Presenting.
For more information check Present during a video meeting
Recording meetings
You can record your Google Meet meetings and the recordings will be saved straight to the meeting organizer's Google Drive.
During a meeting, click on Dots or Activities icon and then Record meeting
After a short while your recording will start. Recordings include the active speaker and anything that’s presented
Recordings are saved to the organizer’s Meet Recordings folder in Google Drive
For more information check Record a video meeting
