Google Meet and Chat everyday: meetings, access, spaces and threads

For people who use Google Meet and Google Chat at work: meeting access types (Open, Trusted, Restricted), admitting people who knock, Host management and co-hosts, recording and where recordings go, breakout rooms, polls, Q&A and hand raise, Companion mode, and in Chat, spaces versus direct messages, threads, mentions, history and people outside the organization.

Level: Beginner
Length: About 40 minutes
Contents: 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
Status: Published · updated 2 Oct 2026

Google Meet and Chat

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Skills you'll practise

Choose a Meet access type and admit or deny people who knock
Use Host management, co-hosts and lock audio to run a meeting
Explain who is notified of a recording and where Meet saves it
Choose between a Chat space and a direct message, and use threads and mentions
Check history and external-member settings before sharing in a space

Course outline

1.Google Meet and Chat everydayVideo · 1 min
2.Meet: access, knocking and host controlsLesson · 14 min
3.Meet: recording and meeting featuresLesson · 12 min
4.Google Chat: spaces, threads and outside peopleLesson · 14 min
5.Google Meet and Chat everyday: meetings, access, spaces and threads: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 14 questions
6.Final exam9 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

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