Comments on: How to create Google Meet breakout rooms for differentiated learning

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 May 2021 16:18:20 +0000

In reply to Jessi. It looks like they're using four separate meetings. If I remember correctly, Google Meet didn't have breakout rooms until October 2020

By: artcteacher

artcteacher — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:03:07 +0000

Thank you so much! Your template and tutorial are exactly what I was looking for in a breakout template!

By: Jessi

Jessi — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:29:12 +0000

Are you using the actual Breakout Rooms feature on google meets, or setting up four separate meetings?

By: Robert Talbert

Robert Talbert — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:17:13 +0000

This seems like a great idea. Couple of questions – First, what’s the purpose of having a separate room for quiet work? Couldn’t those students just stay in one of the other rooms and mute themselves? And second, you mentioned students staying in the “main room” — so is there a fifth room here that encompasses all the others? (If so, couldn’t that room turn into the “teacher room” when it’s time?)

By: Erin Schneider

Erin Schneider — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:18:26 +0000

We did this today but the chrome mute tab extension didn’t work for me. I had the extension, it had access, I could see the “m” when I attempted to mute however I could still hear them. Any suggestions? Thank you!

By: Tom Varnum

Tom Varnum — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:23:18 +0000

We have tried using this method, but the performance really lags on teacher Mac’s and Chromebooks when four video streams are open at the same time. One of our solutions is to open the four, but leave three of the meets, leaving the tabs open. As long as someone is still in the Meet it won’t close even if you’ve disabled student ability to create Meets.

When you want to leave a room, leave the Meet and enter another. This limits the streams coming in. It takes a few more seconds to move in and out, but your computer will thank you.

By: Matt Miller

Matt Miller — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:45:52 +0000

In reply to Tom Hinkle. Ah! This is solid advice Tom! That does make it easier. Thanks for sharing this.

By: Tom Hinkle

Tom Hinkle — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:36:19 +0000

If your school has GSuite, you can also create standing meet links within your district using the magic and poorly documented lookup URLs. Either the long form meet.google.com/lookup/YOUR-CODE-HERE or the short form g.co/meet/YOUR-CODE-HERE. Codes need to be unique within your school because anyone in your school who goes to the same code at the same time will end up in a meeting together.