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Creating a Meeting for Google Meet

27 STEPS

1 Hello and welcome to our guide on Creating a Meeting for Google Hangouts Meet!

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2 First, let's navigate to www.Google.com in a web browser. We're going to start the process by creating an invite in Google Calendar.
 

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TIP: Make sure you are logged in with your PSD Credntials!

 

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4 Click on the "waffle" in the upper-right side.
 

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5 Click on the "Calendar" Icon.
 

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6 Find an open area on your Calendar and double-click it. 

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7 TIP: You can also click the "Create" button in the upper left. 

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8 Add a Title.

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9 Edit any details for the Meeting, such as Date, time, recurrence, etc. 

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10 Click "Add conferencing".

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11 Click "Hangouts Meet".

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12 Select the correct calendar. You want to use your PSD Account Name, not a personal Google calendar or school calendar. 

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13 Now click "Save".

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14 Your Meeting is all set!

We will now need to grab the link to the Meeting so we can forward it to the people we want in the Meeting.

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15 Click on the Meeting Event we just created. 

We must do this step as there is no current way to forward the meeting directly from the Calendar. 

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16 Click on the "pencil" icon to Edit the Calendar Event.

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17 Your Meeting is all set!

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18 Click the down arrow next to the "Join Hangouts Meet". 

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19 Here you will see all of the options to get to the Meeting including the telephone number for users to call in. 

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20 Right Click on the blue "Meeting ID" and then choose "Copy Hyperlink". 

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21 Click Save. 

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22 Tip: If you only need the link, you can also access it from the main Calendar page by clicking on the Event, then the "Copy" icon.

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23 Now open up your District Email and create a new Email Message. 

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24 Here you can add anyone you want in the "To:" field including staff groups or Parent Emails. 

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25 Add a Subject such as "Google hangouts Meet". 

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26 Paste the link from Step 20 in your Message Body. 

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27 Click the "Send" button.

You're all set! You have now sent the link to the Meeting you made in Google Calendar for your upcoming Google Hangouts Meet!

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Here's an interactive tutorial for the visual learners

https://www.iorad.com/player/1646622/Creating-a-Meeting-for-Google-Hangouts-Meet

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