With the new “end call for all” feature, teachers will now be able to end the Google Meet for all of their students at once. This new feature will ensure students will not be able to remain in the Meet without a teacher present, nor will they be able to re-enter the Meet, without a teacher present.
How does this work?
When the host (the teacher) of the Meet clicks on the red phone to end the Google Meet, they will be prompted with two choices, to “Just leave the call” or to “End the call”:
Just leave the call - if you choose to just leave the call all of the participants in the Meet will be able to remain in the Meet without the host present. You would only choose this if you are meeting with other staff.
End the call- (CHOOSE THIS OPTION) this option will end the Meet for all participants. Students will receive a note that states “your host ended the meet for everyone”. Ending the meet for all automatically turns off quick access, therefore, no one can rejoin the meeting, without a teacher present. Students will not be able to rejoin the Meet.
What does this mean for me as a classroom teacher?
-The Meet link can now always remain in your Google Classroom banner. It is no longer necessary to make the meet link invisible.
-When you are absent, the occasional teacher can now use the Meet link in your Google Classroom baner, rather than creating their own Meet link and pasting the link into the stream. If you will be absent please ensure that the Google Classroom link now remains visible.
