8 Google Meet Tips for best video meeting

Google Meet is a Video Conference or meeting software and application, where you can organize a meeting with a large number of people.

In the Covid-19 period and in time of a lockdown, Every office meeting will be organised through a video calling.

Google meet is the best platform for doing video calling and meeting.

Now, in this article I have brought Google Meet Tips for the best video meeting experience.

You can apply these tips while you are doing video meetings on Google Meet apps or websites.


Google Meet Tips for Video Meetings:
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1: Blur and Change Background

You can change or blur your background when you are doing video conferencing to minimize distractions and also you hide what is going on in your background.

How to Change Background or Blur on Google Meet:

Change Background Before Meeting:

To change background and blur, then follow below steps:


Step:1 Open your Google Meet.

Step:2 Then, Select a meeting.

Step:3 On the bottom right of your meeting image, click to Change Background.

Step:4 You can choose an option:

Slightly Blur: on this option your background will lightly blur.

Blur: On this option your background will completely blur.

Pre-uploaded: You can select pre pre-upload image for your background.

Upload: You can upload images from your computer by clicking on Add and select images.

Step:5 Now, You can click to Join in a meeting.


Change Background or blur during video conferencing:

Step:1 On the bottom of the meet. dashboard, click on three dots and then tap on Change background.

Step:2 You need to choose an option for your background which you like best.

You can change into slight blur, full blur also add image through your computer.

2. Enable Live Captions

You can enable caption while you are doing a meeting but google meet by default turned off the Live caption option.

You need to enable it by manual process.

How to enable live caption on Google Meet:
Step:1 Click on More options at the bottom of your video.

Step:2 Now, tab on Caption to enable.

For turned off then, you can tab again on this option.

This video calling application will ask you to choose the language which is used in the meeting.

You need to keep in your Brain is that captions are not always accurate. A few words or sentences are not right.

3: Create a live-stream event

When you need to show a big audience on Google Meet App during a video meeting.

Then you can add up to 250 people to attend your video meeting.

You can add up to 100k people but you can't see or hear only guests in meetings and also they can't present, record or control your live streaming.
How to Create Live Stream Event on Google Meet:

Want to create live stream event then follow below steps:

Step:1 Open then Google Calendar.

Step:2 Then, Click on + icon, then create an event and more options.

Step:3 Add the event details, like date, description and time.

Step:4 Add the guests that can fully take part in the video meeting.

All added guests will be able to see, hear and present their screen.


Step:5 Next, join Google meet, click on the down arrow option.

Step:6 Then, tab on Add live stream and Click on to confirm it.

Step:7 Then, Click Save and Send.

4. Check Mic and Camera

When you newly start a video meeting on Meet and you don't know that other participants can hear you or not.

Google Meet will allow you to check your camera and microphone before starting a meeting.


How To Check Camera and Mic on Meet:

To check camera and mic,

Step:1 Open your Google Meet.


Step:2 Then, Click on Create a meeting for later.

This software gives you a link of your meeting bottom on your camera view.

You can check your audio or video.


5: Record Your Video Meetings:

You can record your video conferencing on meet when you start recording then, all participants of the meeting inform you that you will record the meeting.


How To Record video meeting on Google meet:

Step:1 Open Google Meet.

Step:2 In a video meeting, at the bottom, click on Activities.

Step:3 Then, Recording and Click on Start recording then tap on Start.

Step:4 wait for recording to start.

Step:5 You, Click on Stop Recording when your meeting finishes.

Step:6 Click on Stop Recording again for confirmation.


This recording file is ready on My drive in the meet folder. You have sent a link to this recording.

6: Use a whiteboard

On Meet software, you can create a “”jamboard during your video meeting.

Jamboard is a virtual whiteboard where you can explain everything.

How to use a whiteboard on Google Meet:

For using whiteboard follow below steps:


Note: Open a jam, you must join the video meeting from a desktop.

Step:1 Open Google Meet on computer.

Step:2 From a video meeting, on the bottom, Tap on Activities and then click Whiteboarding.

Step:3 Click Start on a New whiteboard.

7: Raise a hand to Ding

If you have questions or doubts about a meeting and want to speak without disturbing anybody in video meetings.

Then you can use the raise hand feature to indicate that you have a question during a meeting.

How to Raise Hand on Google Meet:

Step:1 Open Meet and join any meeting.

Step:2 At the bottom of video meeting, Tap on Raise Hand ✋ option.

Step:3 You can Click on this option for lower hand

Conclusion:

These tips help in your Video meetings while you're new on this video meetings.

These Google Meet Tips help you make smarter video meetings.

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