GOOGLE MEET

GUIDE
FOR PARENTS
DEAR PARENT,
Please follow the Guide below
to access Google Meet, the
official platform that will be
used to engage your wards for
live lessons.
 WHAT IS GOOGLE MEET?
Google Meet is a video conferencing app.

• Teachers at Alpha Beta will use it for their online

lessons.
• Teachers can use it to show their PowerPoint slides
and details of their lessons to students.
• Students can access Meet from their Google
Classrooms or their gmail accounts.
Sign in by putting in your
ward’s Alpha Beta Email
address
or
by using your own Gmail
account
 After you log into your
account,
Click on this to access Google
Meet from the Drop Down
Menu
 Please click on the
Meet icon to open the
application
Type in the Nickname
or Code sent to you
by the school
Click on this after
typing in the
nickname or code
 A video of you will show here

Click on
Before you enter this to join
the meeting, you
can decide the
whether you meeting
want to turn
your camera and
microphone ON
or OFF
 Click on this to
This is the close the pop-
first screen up window
you will see if
you click on
join now
You are in the
meeting now
 Your profile picture will show here if
you Turn off your camera

Click on this to Turn

Click on this to mute
your camera ON or OFF
or unmute your
microphone
 You will leave the
meeting if you click on You can join the
the call button meeting again by
clicking on Join
meeting
 If you click on this, you
You can click Turn on will be able to share
captions if you want to your screen with
read on the screen what everyone. Please do
not click on it.
the presenter is saying
 Click on this to see the
participants in the meeting

Click on this to access the chat area Click on

to type in your questions and this for
contribute to the discussion more
options
and
settings.
 Click on
Type your questions this to
or contributions here display
your
comment
JOINING A MEETING
WITH A LINK
 Please Note:
When accessing the
You can also join meeting from your
the meeting by phone, make sure
clicking on the you have
link sent to you downloaded the
by the school Meet app from
Google Play Store
JOINING THE
MEETING FROM
YOUR MOBILE
PHONE
 1 2 3

You can click on this

Click to open the to select the account
Meet app on your you want to use
phone
You can
decide to turn Click to enter
the camera or the meeting
microphone code or
on or off nickname
before joining
the meeting
4 5
Enter the
meeting
code or
nickname You can click on
the above for the
Click to Join the Audio options
meeting below
 PLEASE NOTE
The meeting code and nickname can
only be used by those who have the
Alpha Beta Email address

It is important for all students to

activate their Alpha Beta email
accounts to access live lessons on
Meet without any challenges

Students can also join the meeting

using the meeting link sent to them
 If you join Meet using your
personal email address, the
host will have to accept you
into the meeting.

NOTE:
It is therefore advisable for
you to always log in using
your ward’s Alpha Beta email
address for security reasons.
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