Chapter 10: Hosting Classes Online Using Google Meet
In early 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Since then, companies have scrambled to pivot to at-home and online operations. Schools around the world were no different. Hopefully, by the time you are reading this chapter, COVID-19 is only referenced in historical archives, but it was the catalyst for a global movement toward online teaching and learning tools. Google Meet, a video conferencing app launched in 2017, expanded from hosting meetings of up to 30 attendees with limited features to being a large-scale communication tool.
From 2021, Google Meet can host online video conferences of up to 250 participants and up to 100,000 view-only guests. At the time of writing, Google has already announced several more features launching in Google Meet later this year. Because of the sudden move to online teaching and learning, Google Meet is now an integral part of Google Classroom...