Join & Record 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. This tutorial demonstrates how to join and record a Google Meet session from within MyFIRE. 


1.    Navigate to the location where the Google Meet session has been provided. It could be listed in an announcement or a calendar event. 

2.    Select the Join Google Meet link. 

 

3.    A new browser tab will open to launch the Google Meet session. Check your camera and audio before proceeding by selecting check your audio and video below the preview window. 

 

4.    Select join now to enter the meeting. 

 

5.    Once you are in the meeting, select the ellipsis icon at the bottom of the screen. 

 

6.    A pop-up menu will appear. Select manage recording

 

7.    A sliding window will appear on the right side of the screen. Select the language drop-down menu to set the language for captions. 

 

8.    Next, select the start a transcript checkbox if the meeting will be in English. 

 

9.    Then select start recording

 

10. A pop-up window will appear to confirm that you should obtain consent to record the meeting. Select start

 

11. The recording symbol will appear in the top left corner of the screen. 

 

12. When you select stop recording, another pop-up window will appear to confirm if you would like to stop the recording. Select stop recording

 

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