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Summary	How to use Google Meet for Riverdale Parent-Teacher conferences
Author	Maintained by Matthijs van Mierlo
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Status	Up-to-date for the 2024-2025 school year.

Latest revision as of 14:29, 11 November 2024

Use Google Meet for Conferences

Your Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled using Google Meet this year. You will receive an invite to your portion of the meeting and will meet with parents and family remotely. The basic setup is outlined below:

🗓️ For Administrative Assistants

Create a calendar invite for the first Parent/Teacher Conference
Click Add Google Meet video conferencing
Click the Settings Gear Icon to change access settings for the meeting
Under Host Controls -> Meeting Access, click Open
Uncheck Host must join before anyone else. Make sure this is disabled!
Click Save
Click the Copy Conference Info button next to Join with Google Meet
Click Save to finish creating the first event
Add the Google Meet info to the subsequent Parent/Teacher Conferences. You should be good to go!

✅ Tip: copy the Google Meet url into the Location field in the subsequent calendar events (for other meeting slots)

🍎 For Teachers

There is no waiting room option for the Parent/Teacher Conferences. As a result, please take note of the following:

When you log onto the meeting you will be entering the main session
When you log on you will automatically be on mute, as to not disturb the [potential] conference taking place
You do not have to make the parent(s) co-host anymore! Simply join the meeting, and leave when you're done

Please:

Be prompt for your start time
Let James Murray or Monique Fonseca know if you’re running late/going to be late
Try to avoid logging on early/ahead of time. If you arrive early you will be interrupting a conference

As always, if the student you are meeting about has a Riverdale learning profile and/or accommodations, please take a moment to review the documentation prior to meeting with the parents. If you have any questions concerning this, please reach out to someone on the Learning Resource Team.

✅ Tip: install the Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam extension if you want to auto-disable your camera and/or microphone when you join Google Meet meetings. This will make it much harder to interrupt a conference that is already in session!

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-Parent Teacher Conferences are being scheduled over Zoom this year. You will receive an invite to your portion of the meeting, which is 15-20 minutes of the longer/full meeting.
+== Use Google Meet for Conferences ==
+Your Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled using '''''Google Meet''''' this year. You will receive an invite to your portion of the meeting and will meet with parents and family remotely. The basic setup is outlined below:
-Every teacher's calendar invite contains a link to the same Zoom meeting.
+=== 🗓️ For Administrative Assistants ===
-'''Here are the most important details you need to be aware of regarding Parent/Teacher Conferences this year.'''
+# Create a calendar invite for the <u>first Parent/Teacher Conference</u>
+# Click '''''Add Google Meet video conferencing'''''
+# Click the '''''Settings Gear Icon''''' to change access settings for the meeting
+# Under '''''Host Controls''''' -> '''''Meeting Access''''', click '''''Open'''''
+# Uncheck '''''Host must join before anyone else'''''. Make sure this is disabled!
+# Click '''''Save'''''
+# Click the '''''Copy Conference Info''''' button next to '''''Join with Google Meet'''''
+# Click '''''Save''''' to finish creating the first event
+# Add the Google Meet info to the subsequent Parent/Teacher Conferences. You should be good to go!
-# When you are the first teacher in a Parent Teacher Conference, you will automatically become the Host of the Zoom meeting.
+'''✅ Tip''': copy the Google Meet url into the '''''Location''''' field in the subsequent calendar events (for other meeting slots)
-# You must then pass "Host" controls to the parent before you leave the meeting (after your 15 minutes). This will prevent the Parent from being kicked out of the meeting when you leave, and it will allow the parent to "admit" subsequent teachers into the meeting from the Waiting Room.
-'''Here's how to make the parent the "Host":'''
+=== 🍎 For Teachers ===
-* In the host controls, click Participants.
+There is no waiting room option for the Parent/Teacher Conferences. As a result, please take note of the following:
-* This will open the participants list.
-* Hover over the name of the participant you want to make the host and click More.
-* Click Make Host.
-* Click Yes to confirm that you want to make this user the host.
-[[File:Make Host in Zoom.jpg|350]] <br clear="all">
-Here's the failsafe,...
+* When you log onto the meeting you will be entering the '''''main session'''''
-If when you attempt to leave the meeting you see a message that says "End Meeting for All", don't click it. Instead, choose "Assign a New Host" (which will be the parent) and "Assign and Leave".
+* When you log on you will automatically be on '''''mute''''', as to not disturb the [potential] conference taking place
+* You do not have to make the parent(s) co-host anymore! Simply join the meeting, and leave when you're done
-[[File:Assign New Host.jpg|350]] <br clear="all">
+Please:
-[[File:End meeting for all.jpg|350]] <br clear="all">
+* '''''Be prompt''''' for your start time
+* Let [mailto:jmurray@riverdale.edu James Murray] or [mailto:mfonseca@riverdale.edu Monique Fonseca] know if you’re running late/going to be late
+* Try to '''''avoid logging on early/ahead of time'''''. If you arrive early you will be interrupting a conference
+As always, if the student you are meeting about has a Riverdale learning profile and/or accommodations, please take a moment to review the documentation prior to meeting with the parents. If you have any questions concerning this, please reach out to someone on the Learning Resource Team.
+'''✅ Tip''': install the [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-meet-auto-disable/dgggcpmnponfpgnifbdohajbdkbgjlhd?hl=en-US Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam extension] if you want to auto-disable your camera and/or microphone when you join Google Meet meetings. This will make it much harder to interrupt a conference that is already in session!
+<br clear="all">