====== Hangouts Meet Quick Start======

Hangouts Meet can run online meetings with video, audio, and screen sharing. In addition to this guide, you can review [[https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282720|Google's Hangouts Meet training material]], which is more in-depth.

===== Create a Meeting =====
There are three ways you can create a meeting. You can create them from Meet itself, in your calendar, or in Hangouts Chat. Each method will give you a unique meeting room with an address like meet.google.com/www-xxxx-yyy. You can send that address to anyone to invite them to join.

==== From Hangouts Meet ====

  - Go to [[https://meet.google.com|meet.google.com]].
  - Click //Join or start a meeting// and give it a name.
  - You may be prompted to show notifications and allow video/audio access. Allow access.
  - You'll be given a preview of your video/audio, click //Join now// to enter the meeting.
  - You'll be shown a dialog for adding people to the meeting. 
    - If you hit //Add people// you'll be given options to invite others via email.
    - If you hit //Copy joining info// you'll get the meeting URL and a dial-in phone number.
    - You can also copy the address from the address bar and send that to others.

==== From Calendar ====
When you create or edit your calendar event: 
  - Click //Add rooms, location, or conferencing//.
  - Click //Add conferencing//.
  - The online meeting's join information will be included in the calendar event.
  - When it's meeting time, open your calendar and click the link.

==== From Hangouts Chat ====

If you're using the //new// Hangouts Chat at [[https://chat.google.com|chat.google.com]] you can create a meeting from your chat. Click the //Add Video// icon near the send button.

===== Meeting Tasks =====

==== Share your screen ====
  - While in the meeting, click Present now in the bottom right of the screen.
  - Choose a window or your entire screen. Note that some windows can't be shared, and you may have to share your entire screen.

==== Mute Participants ====

  - Click the list of people in the top-right.
  - Find the participant, click the drop-down on the right.
  - Click the microphone icon to mute them.

==== Record the Meeting ====

  - While in a meeting, click the three dots in the bottom-right of the window.
  - Click record meeting.
  - When everyone has left the meeting, or you choose to end recording, a recording will be saved into your Google Drive under the //Meet Recordings// folder. It can take a few minutes to be created. You'll receive an email when it's saved.

==== Leave the Meeting ====

Click the red phone icon in the bottom-center of the screen to hang up.