News and Followup
- Present high-quality video and audio in Google Meet
- See up to 16 Google Meet participants at once with tiled layout
- (Google Meet Grid View extension)
- Meet low-light mode enhancements
- Google Meet noise cancellation
- Start or join a Google Meet video meeting directly from Gmail
- Google Meet Advanced Features (paid features) extended until Sept 30
- Google Meet will soon be free for anyone with a Gmail account
Main Course: Zoom vs. Meet!
- Google Meet meetings can only be joined by people in your domain (by default)
- Students cannot join before the teacher or rejoin after the teacher has left...with a disclaimer
- You can disable a student’s ability to create Meet meetings in the admin console
- Teacher can mute or kick out participants as needed
Zoom Security Features:
- Waiting room
- Meeting Passwords
- Lock meeting after it has started
- Require registration
- Disable screen sharing
- Disable private chats
- Manage Participants
- Zoom FAQ for Educators
More ideas to consider:
Tech Nuggets
- QuickTime Movie Recording + Screen Recording = Picture in Picture screencast
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Mac keyboard shortcuts
- Cmd + Space = Spotlight Search
- Ctrl + Cmd + Space = Emoji Keyboard
- Cmd + Tab = App Switcher
- Cmd + Shift + 5 = super duper capture tool
- Click on a file + space bar = Quick Look
- Follow us on Facebook for our online outreach: One pager for Zoom, One pager for Meet
- Voicepods
- Google Classroom Tutorials
- Bitmoji Pose via Lindsay Toub