Use Companion Mode

1. Use Companion Mode

Consider a scenario where you’re working from your office and need to join a group video conference. You go to a meeting room and see that your colleague has already joined the call by using Google Meet hardware, Google’s video conferencing device. If a team member who joins the call remotely sends a link in the meeting chat or begins a poll, you might not be able to open the link or participate in the activity because you have not joined the call from your own device. With Companion mode, you can connect to a Google Meet video call from a second screen. When you use the Companion mode, your mic is disabled to prevent issues with audio feedback. However, you can still turn on your camera to ensure that you are visible during a meeting in a large room with many participants. To join with Companion mode, access the meeting ready page for your video call, and, from the list of Other joining options, select Use Companion mode. You can also visit g.co/companion in your browser. In a hybrid work environment, some participants might join meetings in person, and others join remotely. At Google, we suggest joining meetings by using the Companion mode when you're in a conference room to better collaborate during meetings. This way you can access all of the Google Meet capabilities from your own device, like participating in polls and Q&As, sending chat messages and turning on closed captions. For more information on using Google Meet hardware and the Companion mode, go to the additional resources document included in this course.

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Google Workspace End User: Google Meet

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This module covers the agenda. It also introduces students to On the Rise and the course business challenge.

Exercise 1: Course introduction Exercise 2: Agenda

In this module, we will introduce you to Google Meet.

Exercise 1: Introduction to Google Meet Exercise 2: Quiz Question 1

In this module, you’ll explore the Google Meet environment so that you can become more familiar with it. You’ll explore the different ways that you can open Google Meet and add people to a video conference. You’ll also learn how to join a meeting from different sources such as a calendar event or a meeting link.

Exercise 1: Using Google Meet Exercise 2: Start a video conference Exercise 3: Activity 1 explained Exercise 4: Activity 1 Schedule an event and add a Google Meet link Exercise 5: Join a video conference Exercise 6: Activity 2 explained Exercise 7: Activity 2 Identify Google Meet link and dial-in information Exercise 8: Adding participants to an active meeting Exercise 9: Quiz Question 1 Exercise 10: Quiz Question 2 Exercise 11: Quiz Question 3 Exercise 12: Quiz Question 4

This module focuses on how Google Meet can help you communicate better, and exchange ideas. We explore the different ways to share relevant documents with your team before and during meetings. We discuss how to customize the Google Meet environment to fit your needs and how to effectively collaborate with participants during a video conference.

Exercise 1: Collaborate in Google Meet Exercise 2: Manage audio and video Exercise 3: Use Meet controls Exercise 4: View and chat with participants Exercise 5: Change meeting layout Exercise 6: Google Calendar event options Exercise 7: Activity 3 explained Exercise 8: Activity 3 Add a Google doc meeting agenda to Google Calendar Exercise 9: Use Companion Mode

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Exercise 10: Present and share resources in meetings Exercise 11: Quiz Question 1 Exercise 12: Quiz Question 2 Exercise 13: Quiz Question 3 Exercise 14: Quiz Question 4 Exercise 15: Collaborate in Google Meet: Additional Resources

In this module, you’ll explore how you can customize meeting access and moderation settings before and during Google Meet video conferences. You’ll learn how to use collaborative features like breakout rooms, polls, Q&As, and whiteboarding to quickly get opinions and questions and facilitate smaller discussions for meeting attendees. You’ll also explore the capabilities of Google Meet that support different meeting use cases like live streaming, recording, and the transcripts feature.

Exercise 1: Host management in Google Meet Exercise 2: Host controls Exercise 3: Preconfigure host controls Exercise 4: Engage with participants Exercise 5: Record a meeting Exercise 6: Activity 4 explained Exercise 7: Activity 4 Record a Google Meet video meeting Exercise 8: Live stream a meeting Exercise 9: Whiteboarding Exercise 10: Quiz Question 1 Exercise 11: Quiz Question 2 Exercise 12: Quiz Question 3 Exercise 13: Host Management in Google Meet: Additional Resources

In this module, you will put everything you have learned into practice by helping our fictional Google Workspace customer solve their business challenge.

Exercise 1: Business challenge overview Exercise 2: Business challenge Exercise 3: Activity 5 Business challenge Exercise 4: Wrap up