Meet

Video conferencing, Google-style

Google Meet is the default application for video conferencing at AMBS. As with most of their products, Google has extensive and clear documentation about using Meet, including some instructions for people more familiar with Zoom from other contexts.*

One big trick: lots of functions in Meet are in a "More options" menu that looks like three dots in a vertical line (⋮).

Starting a Meet

Four ways:

  1. Start a new meeting from in Gmail (see silent video on this page).

  2. Drop a Meet into a Chat or Room (see silent video on this page).

  3. Add conferencing to a calendar appointment.

  4. Visit meet.google.com while signed in to your AMBS Google account.

Share your screen

  1. Click the "Present Now" icon.

  2. Select what you want to present from the menu that appears (Window, Chrome Tab, Screen).

  3. Click the specific thing you want in the window that appears.

  4. Click "Share"

Accessibility Features

Meet has several settings that can make a meeting more pleasant for you.

  1. Clicking "Turn on captions" will enable automatic captions for you. This is useful if your internet connection is weak or erratic.

  2. Clicking ⋮ > Change layout lets you choose how many people you want to see on the screen at any one time.

  3. Clicking ⋮ > Settings > Video lets you reduce your video receive and send quality (also for poor internet connections).

Troubleshooting

  • No audio or video? Verify that you allowed Meet to use your camera and microphone (you should be given an option when you first connect with a particular web browser).

  • Still no audio/video? Call in by phone.

  • Choppy video or dropped audio? Enable captions and reduce video quality as per the Accessibility Features section on this page.

Start a Meet from Gmail


Start a Meet from a Chat

*Some of the features (like Q&A) on the "Meet for users of Zoom" are only for paid Meet subscriptions. AMBS uses the free version.