Google Meet features (students)

• Blur your background or change your background to a preset picture. More information about Background Blur/Replace. 

• Meeting organizer has additional controls for muting, presenting, chatting, joining, ejecting and rejecting re-entry for participants. 

More information about Host Controls.

• Interact with Google Jamboard while in a Google Meet. More information about Jamboard in Meetings. 

More information about Meet Dial in/out options.

More information about how to Present your Screen. 

• Increase participation in larger meetings by enabling participants to “raise their hands” when they have a question or something to say. 

More information about Hand Raising. 

If you create an event, you can make someone else its owner. After someone else becomes the owner, they can change any event details, including all of the host functions of the Google Meet associated with the calendar event. If you would like someone else to host the Google Meet event as well as allow external participants, it is a good idea to transfer the Google calendar event that contains the Google Meet link. Currently, Meet only supports one owner/organizer/host.

• Step 1: On your computer, login to your @OntarioTechU.Net account and then open Google Calendar. 
• Step 2: Select an event and the Options - More and then Change owner. 
• Step 3: Enter a new owner and a message to send them.
• Step 4: Select Change owner. 
• Step 5: The new owner receives an email with a link. Until the new owner accepts ownership, you are still the event owner. 

• Tiled view enhancement that supports up to 49 participants on one screen and can be adjusted with a slider. 

More information about Tile View.

• Create a meeting for up to 100 Google Meet participants. Participants can be external to Ontario Tech.
• Please note that long distance charges may apply to participants dialing in. 

• Live streaming to allow up to 100,000 (In-Domain .NET) users to watch a Google Meet video meeting. More information about Live Streaming.

• Ask questions during live stream events. *Feature coming Q2 2021 

• Engage in live stream polls during live stream events. *Feature coming Q2 2021