Start a video meeting for education

• Make sure that you meet the requirements for Meet. Learn more.
• Review best practices for distance learning at the Google for Education Teacher Center. Learn more.
• Print instructions for getting started with Google Meet. Learn more.
• There's a limit to the number of people you can have in a video meeting. Learn more.
• The type of account you have determines what meetings you can join and who can join your meetings. Learn more.

Create a Meet link in your class

1. Sign in to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class.
3. Under Meet, click Generate link.
   • Or click Settings . Then, under "General," click Generate Meet link.
4. A Meet link appears for your class.
5. Click Save.

Show or hide a Meet link for students

Students in the same organization as the primary teacher can find the class Meet link on the Stream and Classwork pages. You can hide the link from students until you're ready to share it.

1. Sign in to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class.
3. Next to Meet, click More Manage.
   • Or click Settings .
4. Next to "Visible to students," select an option:
   • To hide the Meet link from students, click the switch Off .
   • To make the Meet link visible to students, click the switch On .
5. Click Done or Save.

Copy a Meet link

You can copy a Meet link and paste it into an assignment, question, or message.

1. Sign in to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class.
3. Next to Meet, click More Manage.
   • Or click Settings .
4. Next to the Meet link, click the Down arrow Copy.

Reset a Meet link

If you have issues with the link, you can reset it and get a new one. The old link won't be associated with the class but will be available as an independent meeting space.

1. Sign in to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class.
3. Next to Meet, click More Manage.
   • Or click Settings .
4. Next to the Meet link, click the Down arrow Reset.

Remove a Meet link

When you remove a Meet link, students won't be able to access it in that class. The old link won't be associated with the class but will be available as an independent meeting space.

1. Sign in to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class.
3. Next to Meet, click More Manage.
   • Or click Settings .
4. Next to the Meet link, click the Down arrow Remove.

Add a Meet link to an announcement

1. Copy the Meet link (instructions above).
2. On the Stream page, click Announce something to your class.
3. Enter your announcement and at the bottom, click the Link icon .
4. Paste the Meet link click Add link.
5. Click Post.

   Note: You can also schedule the post for later or save it as a draft. For details, go to Post, schedule, or save a draft announcement.

Add a Meet link to an assignment or question

1. Copy the Meet link (instructions above).
2. On the Classwork page, click Create Assignment or Question.
3. In the assignment or question details, click the Link icon .
4. Paste the Meet link click Add link.
5. Click Assign or Ask.

   Note: You can also schedule the post for later or save it as a draft. For details, go to Post, schedule, or save a draft assignment.

1. Sign in to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class.
3. Choose an option:
   • On the Stream page, under Meet, click Join.
   • At the top of the Classwork page, click Meet.

     If you don't find Meet, make sure the link is visible to students (instructions above).

   • In a question or assignment, click the link for the class video meeting.
4. In Meet, before you join the meeting, at the top, check that you’re signed in with your Classroom account. If not, click Switch account select or sign in to your Classroom account.
5. Click Join now.
6. If you’re the first person to join the meeting, you’ll find a window to invite others. If you don’t need to invite anyone or share the meeting link, you can close this window.

In Meet, you can start an impromptu meeting or one that you previously set up. After you start the meeting, you can share the joining information with your students in a Classroom post or message.

Tip: For greater control, create a nickname for your video meeting. If you’re the last person to leave a nicknamed meeting, students can’t rejoin.

Start a meeting right away

1. Go to meet.google.com and sign in with your Classroom account.
   If you’re already signed in with a different account, at the top, click your profile Switch account select or sign in to your Classroom account.
2. Choose an option:
   • To create a meeting without a nickname, click New meeting  select from options.
   • To create a meeting with a nickname, enter a nickname in Enter a code or nickname field  click Join 
3. (Optional) To share a meeting nickname, post it in a message or a Classroom announcement, assignment, or question.
4. (Optional) To share other joining details, choose an option:
   • Click Copy joining info paste the details in a message or Classroom post.
     If you don’t find Copy joining info, in the lower-right corner, click People   Add people   enter names or email addresses  click Send email. 
   • Click Add people enter names or email addresses click Send email.
     If you don’t find Add people , at the top, click People Add People .

Start a meeting you previously set up

1. Go to meet.google.com.
2. Sign in with your Classroom account.
3. Choose an option:
   • For a nicknamed meeting, enter the nickname in Enter a code or nickname field  click Join.
   • In the list of meetings, click the meeting.
4. Click Join now.

   Note: If you sent guests a message with the meeting link, they can click the link in the message to join the video meeting.

Leave the meeting

• Click the meeting window Leave call   Select Just leave the call or End the call for everyone.

You can create a class video meeting in Calendar and invite your students to join. You can also add view-only live streaming to an event for up to 100,000 people.

Note: If you create an event on someone's calendar, or transfer an event to their calendar, make sure you understand the video conferencing policies.

Related topics

• Add video meetings
• Invite people to your Calendar event
• Join a video meeting from a Calendar event
• Live stream a video meeting

As the teacher, you control who can access video meetings for your class.

When you create a Meet link for your class, you become the meeting host and current co-teachers of your class become co-hosts.

Tip: If you add or remove co-teachers from your class, their host status automatically updates.

How students join your video meeting

Your video meeting starts when you or any co-teacher joins. When students try to join, they enter a waiting room until a teacher joins the meeting.

After the meeting starts, students in your class don’t have to ask to join the meeting.

To restrict unauthorized participants in the meeting:

• Anyone who's not part of your class must first ask to join.
• You get notified when someone wants to join the meeting.
• You can decide whether to let someone join.

Tip: To allow students and other meeting participants to join without a teacher present, you can control meeting access with host controls.

Manage co-hosts

When Host Management is on, the main host of a meeting can add and remove co-hosts. Learn more.

Tips:

• If Host Management is turned off and then on again, previously appointed co-hosts are retained.
• You can't appoint co-teachers as co-hosts if you:
  • Don’t use a Google Workspace for Education account for Classroom.
  • Use a personal Google Account.

Lock participants' audio

Learn more about Audio Lock.

Lock participants' video

Learn more about Video Lock.

1. At the top, click People .
2. Click Add people enter the participant’s email.
3. Click Send email.

   After you send the email, the participant can join the meeting through your invite or the original link.

Meeting hosts can approve requests to join a meeting that come from outside your class. No one can request to join a video meeting if their request was already denied twice.

In Meet, during a video meeting:

• When you find a request to join in the meeting window, click Admit or the More actions   Deny entry.

Hosts can end the meeting for everyone on a Google Meet meeting. 'End the call for everyone' ends the meeting and automatically removes all participants, so that the hosts don’t have to remove participants manually.

Learn how to end a meeting for all.

Learn about how to Conduct a Q&A in Meet.

Create a poll

1. In a meeting, in the bottom-right corner, click Activities Polls Start a poll.
2. Enter a question and add options for the poll.
3. Choose an option:
   • To post your poll, click Launch.
   • To save your poll so you can launch it later, click Save.
     Tip: Polls you save remain listed under Polls.

Moderate a poll

1. In a meeting, in the bottom-right corner, click Activities Polls.
2. (Optional) To let participants find a poll’s results, next to Show everyone results, click the switch On .
3. (Optional) To close a poll and prevent more responses, click End the poll.
   Note: Participants can still find the poll.
4. To permanently delete a poll from your list of polls, click Delete .
   Note: No one can find deleted polls.

Find a poll report

After a meeting, the moderator is emailed a report for any polls conducted in the meeting. The report includes the names and answers of the meeting participants.

1. Open the poll report email.
2. Click the report attachment.

Related topic

• Respond to a poll in Meet