This article is for students and other meeting participants. Teachers and meeting creators, go here.
You can join a video meeting for distance learning with Google Meet using a computer or mobile device. Depending on how the meeting is set up, you can join in different ways, such as with a link or a nickname.
Before you begin
- If you have an Education edition account and your school type is Primary/Secondary education (K-12), you will not be allowed to join Google Meet video calls created by personal Google Accounts.
- Anonymous users, or users not signed in to a Google Account, will not be able to join meetings organized by Google Workspace for Education users. However, users can still dial in using a phone.
- Depending on how your teacher set up the video meeting, you might have to ask to join before you can enter the meeting.
- You can't request to join a video meeting if you've already been denied twice.
Choose a way to join a meeting
Join a video meeting in ClassroomIf your teacher turns on Meet for Classroom, you can join a video meeting for your class. You can join a class video meeting after the teacher starts the meeting.
To use Meet, sign in to Classroom with a school account. Your account looks like you@yourschool.edu.
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Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign In.
Sign in with your Google Account. For example, you@yourschool.edu or you@gmail.com. Learn more.
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Click the class.
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Choose an option:
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On the Stream page, at the top, click the Meet link.
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On the Classwork page, at the top, click Meet
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On an announcement or post, click the link for the class video meeting.
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- (Optional) To allow Meet to use your camera and microphone, click Allow.
- In Meet, at the top, make sure you’re signed in with your school account. To switch accounts, click Switch account
select the Classroom account.
- To join the class video meeting, click Join now.
- Choose an option:
- If your teacher shared a meeting link, click the link or paste it into your browser.
- If your teacher sent an invitation in an email message, in the message, under Join with Google Meet, click the link.
- In Meet, at the top, make sure you’re signed in with your school account. If you’re already signed in and need to switch accounts, click Switch account
- Click Join now.
If your teacher or the meeting organizer shared a meeting nickname, you use the nickname to join the meeting.
- Open Google Meet.
- Sign in with your school account.
If you’re already signed in and need to switch accounts, click Switch account - Click Join or start a meeting
- Click Join now.
If your teacher or the meeting organizer shares a Google Calendar event with you, you can join the meeting from Calendar.
- Open Google Calendar.
- Sign in with your school account.
- On the calendar, click the video meeting event.
If you don’t see the event, at the top, make sure you’re signed in with your school account. - Click Join with Google Meet.
- In Meet, click Join now.
You can start or join video meetings in Gmail on your computer or mobile device. For details, go to Start or join a video call from Gmail.
Tip: If you don't see this option, contact your Google Workspace administrator.
Use other Meet features
Ask a question in MeetAs a meeting participant, you can add questions to a meeting. Anyone in the meeting can view your questions until you delete them.
The meeting moderator can:
- Hide your questions
- View your deleted questions
Respond to a poll in Meet
In Meet, as a meeting participant, you can submit a response for a poll.
When your teacher or meeting moderator starts a poll, you get a notification in the meeting. Be sure to submit your response before the poll or meeting ends.
In a video meeting:
- In the top-right corner, click Activities
- In the poll, select your response
Note: After you click Vote, you can’t change your response.;
Hand Raising with Google Meet
Use Hand Raise in Google Meet to let the moderator know you want to speak.