Google Meet

Google Meet

Overview

The Google Meet integration allows users to schedule web conference meetings directly from the calendar, content pages, assignments, and more. 

Installing Google Meet

Before you start using the integration, an administrator must install Google Meet. To install Google Meet, 

  1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Click App Center from the fly-out menu.
  3. Install Google Meet from the Web conferencing section.

Admin, App center page showing the Google Meet app highlighted

Inserting Google Meet events

After the Google Meet app is installed, you can create and insert a link to a Google Meet meeting anywhere in the platform that uses the HTML editor, including calendar events, content pages, assignments, and more. To insert a Google Meet event:
  1. Access the Editor.
    1. In this example, an instructor is adding a section to a module in a course.
  2. Click the icon to expand the editing toolbar.
  3. Click the Web conferencing icon.
  4. Select Google Meet from the drop-down list.

Course, Section page showing the drop-down from the web-conferencing icon in the editor

The first time you add a Google Meet meeting, you will have to grant access to your Google calendar.
  1. Click Grant access.

Create Google Meet meeting pop-up showing the Grant access button

  1. Log into your Google account.

Sign in with Google pop-up log in screen
  1. Click Allow.

Google Meet authentication pop-up allowing the CYPHER platform to connect to Google Meet
After granting access to the Google calendar, the Create Google Meet Meeting pop-up displays.
  1. Enter a meeting title.
  2. Select a start and end time.
  3. Click Save.
Create Google Meet meeting pop-up showing the event title, start, and end date and time

  1. The meeting info is added into the event description.
  2. View each tab to configure the event summary, frequency, etc.
  3. Click Save.

Add event pop-up showing the meeting, the date, time, and a link for joining the meeting

After saving the event, it will appear in the calendar of your site and in your Google calendar.

  1. Click the Google Meet event to view meeting details.

Calendar showing Month view and the new event that was created

The Google Meet event details display.

  1. Users click the Google Meet link to join the meeting on the day of the event.
Calendar event from a user view showing the details for the meeting and the join link highlighted

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