Download & Publish a Google Meet Session

 

MyFIRE offers a variety of ways to communicate and schedule synchronous sessions with students. One of the synchronous tools that are available in MyFIRE is Google Meet. Sometimes, a synchronous session will need to be published to a course for reference later or for students who missed the meeting. This tutorial demonstrates how to download and publish a Google Meet session in MyFIRE.


1.    Once the recording has stopped, the recording will be saved to the organizer’s (the person who scheduled the meeting) Google Drive account and. Note: The recording may take a little time to become available. Once it is available, the user who scheduled the meeting will receive an email to your SEU account.   

 

2.    If you would like to see a preview of the video, select open in drive from the email. 

 

3.    Next, navigate to Google Drive from your SEU email account.  

 

4.    Search and locate the meet recordings folder in your Google Drive account. 

 

5.    Once within the Meet Recordings folder, locate the desired video. 

 

6.    Select the ellipsis icon to the right of the video title. 

 

7.    A drop-down menu will appear. Select download. 

 

8.    Locate the location where the MP4 file was downloaded. The file name will be titled the same as the video is titled. If desired, rename the file to a preferred title.

 

a.    Viewthe file size. If the file size is larger than 2 GB (equivalent to 2000 MB & 2,000,000 KB), then the video file will need to be compressed before continuing to the next step. 

                                               i.     There are a few options that are available to compress video files: 

1.    https://www.freeconvert.com/video-compressor

2.    https://www.youcompress.com/

3.    https://clideo.com/compress-video(video will contain a watermark)

4.    Handbrake (This is downloadable software. If utilizing an SEU computer, you may need to contact the SEU IT department for assistance.) 

9.    Login to MyFIRE.

10. Navigate to the desired course.

11. On the navigation bar at the top of the page, select the content & assessments tab.

 

12. Follow the directions in the Upload a File to a Module video tutorial to publish the recorded MyFIRE Live Zoom meeting to the course for students.