Video Conferencing for Students:

Norms and Tools

Important to Know

Video Conferencing Norms

Schoology Conferences How-To

​Google Meet How-To

Important to Know:
By participating in a video conference, you agree that you will not discuss or share any educational
information about other students in the group outside of the classroom experience. You also agree
that during the session, no recording or digital image retention of any kind will occur unless
established and clearly communicated by the teacher, and you understand that only students,
teachers, and other authorized staff may be part of the experience unless specific permission is
granted by your teacher to include others. If you feel you or your child are unable to comply with
these requirements, please reach out to discuss alternative service delivery options.

 
Video Conferencing Norms

Refer to the following guidelines to help your learning community have a successful video
conference.

● Find a common space in the house with a blank wall or background. (Examples are kitchen,
living/family room, office, etc.)
● Be on time for the session, perhaps 1 or 2 minutes early.
● Mute yourself when you are not speaking.
● Use headphones with a microphone when possible (not required, but helpful if available).
● Speak clearly when sharing your thinking.
● Follow the norms determined by your teacher.
● Use your school-issued email account (123456@mtka.org)
● Seek parent permission if you wish to use your school email address to engage in study
groups with classmates.
● Remember that video conferencing using district technology is only for educational
purposes

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Schoology Conferences for Students: MUST USE SAFARI
Here’s a ​video showing how to use Schoology Conferences​.

Go to your Schoology Course​ in Safari, not the

Schoology app​, at the time that your teacher set the
Conference, then:

1. Click ​Conferences​ in the left menu.

2. Click the title of the conference.

You will be asked how you’d like to join the audio. ​Join using the
microphone unless your teacher has asked you to listen only​.
You will be prompted to test your sound:

Next you will be prompted to test your sound and troubleshoot if

you can hear or not:

Your teacher will present information in the middle of

the screen. You can set your status by clicking on your
name. Let your teacher know if you are happy, sad,
confused, or if you want to raise your hand and ask a
question!

You can also use the chat feature in whatever way your
teacher allows:

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Troubleshooting Schoology Conferences:
If something is not working for you, audio or connection, try the following:

-​Make sure that there are no other tabs open in Safari, only the one that is on the Schoology
Conference.
-You entered with the microphone option, not the headphones option, when Joining
-The Echo Test Worked when you entered the conference.
-If something is not working, exit completely out of the conference and the browser, start over, and
try again. If it is still not working, reach out for help so that a tech support person can assist in a
timely fashion.

-Leave and Rejoin the audio- Click either the microphone or the headphones to leave audio.

How to Leave:

How to Re-Join:

-If something is not working, exit completely out of the conference and the browser, start over, and
try again. If it is still not working, reach out for help so that a tech support person can assist in a
timely fashion.

 
How to use Google Hangouts Meet for Minnetonka Students
Important to Know:​ Your teacher may request to meet with you via Google
Hangouts Meet. This tool allows you to visit with your teacher face to face. It
will allow your teacher to share their screen with you and you to share your
screen with them if you have questions about something. Teachers will give
you a code to use to join the meeting. Often the code will just be their first
and last name all in lowercase. Other times it may look something like this
XYZ-TYVH-YUW.

How to Get Started with a District-issued iPad: ​Download the Google Hangouts Meet App from
Self-Service and login with your @mtka.org Google credentials (example ​123456@mtka.org​). You

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will be redirected to SSO during login. On a non-school iPad, you can open ​meet.google.com​ in a
web browser like Safari​. ​You will have to log in with your mtka Google credentials to access
nicknamed Google meetings.

Ways to join a Google Meeting with a Chromebook or computer

Two ways to join a Google Meeting with an iPad:

Option #1 Open a link:

1. After tapping a link in Schoology
or Seesaw to a Google Meet,
select the ​Open In​ arrow and
then select ​Open in Safari​ as
circled in the first picture. Google
Meet will automatically
open--instead of Safari. Without
the Google Meet app installed
you will get the error message shown in the second picture. Note that if you toggle to
Request Desktop View you could use Safari to get to a GMeet session and shown in the
second picture.

Option #2 Enter a Code:

1. Launch the ​App​ on your iPad at the time your teacher set the meeting.
2. Tap on ​Meeting Code​ and either ​enter a
meeting nickname​ if your teacher
created one or ​copy and paste the ten
last letters of a link​ to a Google Meet into
the app when you select the Enter
Meeting Code option. In this example you would type the last ten letters ​qrstuvwxyz​:
meet.google.com/​qrs-tuv-wxyz
 If you are a student in Grades K-3 (or do not have access to a district-issued device), you may
be joining a Google Meet from a home device such as a Chromebook, desktop, or laptop
computer. Here are directions to join this way:

Three ways to join a Google Meeting with a Chromebook or desktop device

Open a link:
1. Your teacher may have sent you a link in Schoology, Seesaw, or via an email. That link will
look something like this: meet.google.com/qrs.tuv.wxyz. You can click the link and it should
open the meeting in a browser tab on your device.

OR Navigate to the Web Platform and Enter a Code:

1. You can type in ​meet.google.com​ to any web browser and it will open the Google Meet
platform. From here, simply click ​Use Meeting Code​.

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 2. Type in either the 10-letter code or the nickname that your teacher provided for you.

OR Navigate to the Platform from Google Drive:

1. If you are logged into your Google account, you should see the 9-square “waffle block” in the
upper right corner by your login picture. Click this, and then find the Meet icon in your list
of available apps.