Start a video meeting

To set up Google Meet directly in Google Classroom, please see the Google Guide below.


Start a video meeting in Classroom

To see Meet features directly in Classroom, your admin has to turn on Meet for your school. 

Set up a video meeting in Classroom

If your admin turns on Meet for your school and lets you create meetings, you can set up and start class video meetings directly in Classroom. Before you can use Meet in Classroom, you have to generate a Meet link in your class. 
You can also:

Generate a Meet link in your Class

When you generate a Meet link in your class, a unique video meeting link is created for your class. Students can use the link to join your class video meetings. 

The Meet links you generate in Classroom are considered nicknamed links. Only you or your co-teachers can create, show, hide, or reset the meeting link for your class. And only you or your co-teachers can start a class video meeting in Classroom. These permissions can vary based on how your admin sets up Meet for your school.

  1. Go to classroom.google.com.
  2. Click the classand thenSettings Settings.Click Settings
  3. Under General, click Generate Meet link.
    A unique Meet link appears for your class.
  4. In the top-right corner, click Save.

Show or hide a Meet link

When you generate a Meet link, students can see it on the Stream page and the Classwork page. You can hide the link from students until you want to share it. To share the link, you can make it visible again, or add it to an assignment or question.

  1. Go to classroom.google.com.
  2. Click the classand thenSettings Settings.
  3. Next to Visible to students, choose an option:
    • To make the Meet link visible to students, click the switch to the On position On.
    • To hide the Meet link from students, click the switch to the Off position Off.

Copy a Meet link

You can copy a Meet link and paste it into an assignment, question, or calendar invitation.

  1. Go to classroom.google.com.
  2. Click the classand thenSettings Settings.
  3. Next to the Meet link, click the Down arrow Down Arrowand thenselect Copy.

Reset a Meet link

If you have issues with the link, you can reset it and get a new one. After you reset the link, the old link no longer works.

  1. Go to classroom.google.com.
  2. Click the classand thenSettings Settings.
  3. Next to the Meet link, click the Down arrow Down Arrowand thenReset.

Add a Meet link to an announcement

You can add a Meet link to a class announcement on the Stream page. 

  1. Go to classroom.google.com.
  2. Click the classand thenSettings Settings.
  3. Copy the Meet linkand thenleave the Settings page.For details, go to Copy a Meet link, above. 
  4. On the Stream page, click Share something with your class.
    For details, go to Post announcements to your students.
  5. Enter your announcementand thenat the bottom, click Add Attachand thenLink.
  6. Paste the Meet linkand thenclick Add link.
  7. Click Post, or schedule the announcement.

Add a Meet link to an assignment or question

You can add a Meet link to a post, such as an assignment or question.

  1. Go to classroom.google.com.
  2. Click the classand thenSettings Settings.
  3. Copy the Meet linkand thenleave the Settings page.For details, go to Copy a Meet link, above.
  4. Click Classworkand thencreate an assignment or question.For details, go to Create an assignment or Create a question.
  5. In the assignment or question details, click Add Attachand thenLink.
  6. Paste the Meet linkand thenclick Add link.
  7. Click Assign, or schedule the post.