Technology Resources

October 8, 2021

Google Meet in Classroom updates

Google has added several new features to Google Meet in Classroom, making it easier and more secure:

The Class Meet link is now accessible on the side of the class stream, so students can easily join and teachers can manage the link from the stream.
Students will be directed to a waiting room until a teacher has officially joined the class Meet link.
Guests not on the class roster will have to “ask to join” and be admitted by the teacher before they can participate, so no unintended participants join the meetings.
All designated co-teachers for a class will automatically be co-hosts in the meeting. This moderation tool will enable co-hosts to start the meeting with the same Meet link without the class teacher needing to be present.

For more information visit https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/10/google-classroom-video-meetings-improvements.html

Present to a Meeting feature Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides

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You can present directly to Google Meet from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. This can make it easier to present a document, sheet, or slides to a meeting you are attending. Before you present, join the meeting to know if it is being recorded.

Go to Google Meet.
Join a meeting.
Open a file in Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
In the top menu area, click Present to a meeting .
Choose your meeting (or enter a meeting code).
Select the preview of the tab to confirm and start sharing.
Back in Meet, view your presented content directly in the meeting.

Tip: If you present from Slides, you can click Present to show your presentation in full screen mode.

Easy Accents - Google Addon

Easy Accents allows users to easily insert accents for different languages directly from a side-bar within their Google Doc or Google Slides projects.

To use this Add-on you will need to click on the "Add-ons" menu item, and then choose "Easy Accents" then "Easy Accents - Start" after installing the add-on.

Here are the direct links to install the add-ons.

Easy Accents - Docs

https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/easy_accents_docs/135570422524

Easy Accents - Slides

https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/easy_accents_slides/543492044742