Google Meet

Google Meet is a web conferencing tool that is included with Google’s productivity tools. Users can host video meetings, schedule live class sessions or virtual office hours, and more.

• Google Meet is one of several web conferencing tools available to UMBC faculty and staff for teaching and learning and business meetings. Users may want to explore different use cases and technical information for all of UMBC-supported web conferencing tools: Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex. ↗︎

• Review the requirements to use Google Meet. ↗︎

• When accessing Google Meet via web browser, we suggest using Chrome or Firefox. Log in to Web (meet.google.com) using your UMBC email address and password.

• For Mac users, grant Meet permission to access your camera and microphone when prompted; this is essential for video/audio calls and remote meetings

How to access Google Meet

Google Meet is available through the following options: Web (meet.google.com)↗︎, Android ↗︎, or iPhone & iPad.↗︎

*NOTE: The Google Meet integration in Bb Ultra is not yet available (08/2024); however, Blackboard is actively working to make this integration available. We will post an announcement when this becomes available. At this time, we suggest creating a Google Meet video meeting link and embedding it where needed in the Ultra course.

External Google Meet Resources

Links marked with a ↗︎ symbol go to Google Meet documentation. Click the expandable icon to open and view additional content.

Troubleshooting Google Meet

There are different types of messages you might encounter when you're joining a Google Meet meeting. Here are helpful articles ↗︎ on how to resolve them.