Hey friends!
I’m Tasia and this video will show you how to record Google Meet for free.
So first things first, how to record google meet will vary depending on the type of Google
account you have.
So, if you have an admin account - think G Suite with admin console access - you temporarily
have the ability to record your google meet for free, directly from Meet itself.
Google has made this free to G Suite customers until September 30th of 2020.
Now, don’t fret if you have a regular free Gmail account - I’ll show you a couple different
free ways to record your Google Meet.
So let’s dive in with the freebie directly from Google for business customers.
In order to natively make a Google Meet screen recording, the first thing you’ll need to
do is enable the ability to record your screen via Google Meet.
So, sign into your G Suite account from admin.google.com.
From the admin console, click on Apps.
Then, select G Suite.
Now click on Google Meet.
From here, click the little dropdown arrow to the right of the Meet Video Settings.
Here, you’ll have a recording option.
Click the edit option to the right - it’s the little pencil icon - and toggle on the
option to let people record their meetings.
Then click save.
Now, from a Google Meet, simply click on the menu option in the bottom right corner of
the screen - those three vertical dots - and select record meeting, then select accept
at this consent popup.
Your meeting is now being recorded.
Something to keep in mind here is what’s being recorded is whoever is speaking or what’s
being recorded.
It’s not recording your custom view with all the participants as you see it during
the meeting.
Once you’re done recording, click that menu in the bottom right again and select stop
recording, then select stop recording in the popup.
Now because this is built right into Google Meet, your recording is automatically saved
to your Google Drive, under a Meet Recording folder.
Depending on how long your recording is, there could be a little delay from the time you
stop recording to when it appears in your drive.
So that’s great is you’re a G Suite customer, but what happens after September 30th when
Google is supposed to disable this feature unless you’re an enterprise customer?
And what if you have a regular ol Gmail account and just want to record your Google Meet?
Well, I have a couple options for you, starting with, why not use what you might already have
installed?
That’s right - record your Google Meet with the QuickTime app.
QuickTime has a great screen recording feature built right in.
So, I like to have my Google Meet already open and ready to go, then it’s time to
open up Quicktime Player.
Head to file, new screen recording.
At the bottom of the screen, set the parameters to record entire screen.
Then select options.
Here under microphone, you want to ensure your Mac microphone is selected to record
audio.
So, I’m on a MacBook Pro, but this could look different for you depending on the computer
you’re on.
Now just select record!
Now, keep in mind this will record what is on your screen - so the view how you see it
in your Google Meet is what is being recorded.
My QuickTime Player is set to automatically save all recordings to my desktop.
Now, if you don’t have QuickTime, there are a few free Chrome extensions you can try.
But, be warned - many only offer five minutes of recording time, so you’d have to start
and stop a recording every five minutes.
But it’s worth digging around in the chrome web store at chrome.google.com and exploring
all the options.
I’ve added Screencastify, as an example.
So, from chrome.google.com, search for screencastify, or search for screen recorder, and add one
you want to try.
It might take some trial and error here to find one that will record long enough for
you without having to pay for the premium version.
Now why I bring up Screencastify as an example is because if you’re a teacher, you can
have your school’s tech admin email screencastify and get free access through June 30th.
It’s kind of like a Screencastify covid code, if you will.
It’s definitely a great resource to utilize.
Well that’s all there is to it.
Do you have any alternate ways of how to record Google Meet for free?
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