Starting a Google Meet

Start an Instant Meeting

1. Open Google Meet in your web browser.
2. Click New meeting.
   
3. Select Start an instant meeting. This will immediately launch a meeting room.
   
4. Once the meeting starts, a pop-up window will appear with the meeting link. Click the Copy joining info button (or manually copy the link from the address bar).
   

Share the Link in Canvas

Now that you have your meeting link, you need to get it to your students. Posting it as an announcement is usually the fastest method.

1. Go to your Canvas course.
2. Click Announcements in the left course navigation menu.
3. Click the +Announcement button and paste your Google Meet link into the message body.
4. Click Publish to send the announcement out to your students.