Tips on how to collaborate in a video meeting

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

• At the bottom of the meeting, click Lower hand .

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 3 participants or presentations

If the participants or presentations are on the layout:

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

If the participants aren't on the layout:

1. At the bottom right of the meeting, click People .
2. Next to the meeting participant or presentation, click Pin .
3. Optional: To unpin, hover over the tile and click Unpin .

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 .
2. Join a video meeting.
3. At the top right, tap Switch camera .

1. Join a Meet video meeting.
2. At the bottom right, click Meeting details   Copy joining info .
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 .

Learn how to add attachments to calendar events.

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities   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 Activities   Questions. Then:
  • 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   an option.
  • To upvote a question, on the question, click Upvote .
  • To delete a question, on the question, click Delete .

Learn how to ask participants questions in Google Meet.

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Activities   Whiteboarding.
2. Select an option:
   • To create a Jamboard, click Start a new whiteboard.
   • To open a Jamboard, click Choose from Drive.

Tip: The Jamboard opens in a new tab. A link to the Jamboard is shared in the meeting chat.

Learn how to collaborate with Jamboard in Google Meet.

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click  Activities   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 .
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  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 Activities   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 .
6. On the left, click Breakout rooms .
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 .
8. Click Save.

For an event that already exists:

1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Open an event.
3. Click Edit event .
4. Under "Event Details," click Change conference settings .
5. On the left, click Breakout rooms .
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 .
7. Click Save.

Create breakout rooms in a meeting

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click  Activities   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 .
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  Event  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   Add live stream.
6. To confirm, click Add live stream.
7. Click Save  Send.

Tip: To start the live stream, during the meeting, at the bottom right, select  Activities    Live streaming  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 .
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 .
5. Select Attendance tracking  Save.

For a meeting that already exists:

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

Learn how to track attendance in Google Meet.