Create Google Meet link through Google Calendar

Hello Readers!

Here I'm sharing some easy step about how to create Google Meet link through Google Calendar.

The following instructions are for android smartphones only.

* First open Google Calendar, update it if version is old. Now select the date in which you want to create a meet link. Click on + button. Click on event.

* Give it a short title. This title will be visible in Google meet link. Select the timings for example from 1 pm to 3 pm or so...

* If it is one day event, then select all day. Now click on add people and then add all the email addresses to whom you want to share your meeting invitation.

* Keep on writing email addresses and click right tick mark from keyboard
Then click on *done*.

* Now you can add video conferencing. Automatically, Google Meet will create a link.

* You can add description that for what this meeting is organized. After adding this much details, click on Save.

* A notification will be sent to their meet apps to whom you've added the email addresses.

* But for the first time, anyone joins from Google Calendar event link, you have to admit all of them. Participants have to ask to join because it is for first time. After entering into a meeting room, they can join anytime without that ask notification.

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I hope this will help all the students and teachers.

Thank You!

Google Meet Device Audio Solution

Hello Readers!

It is just today, 25th Dec 2020, I came to know about a very prolonged audio issues I was having with Google Meet. I was not able to play my device audio from desktop when I present my screen in Google Meet. When I played any video from my VLC app, there was no audio going in Meet. But today I found the solution. Thanks to Google Meet Help Community. I have found a very detailed solution of this issue posted by Danilo Caccia. https://support.google.com/meet/profile/13454?hl=en (his profile link)

And here is the link of the detailed answer.

https://support.google.com/meet/thread/36010293?hl=en&msgid=36030889

Hi NicG,

thank you for asking here.

Let's try this:
on Windows operating system click on Start button
Open Settings
Click on System - Display, notifications, apps, power
SOund
Recording
You will find the list of devices, and at the bottom there is Stereo Mix
Enable it
Now, as you are in Google Meet and want to let your students to listen your files:
click on the three dots,
settings,
audio > MIC
Select STEREO MIX
Warning: as you select Stereo Mix, your students won't be able to listen to you speaking.
Remember to select back your mic as you finish broadcasting.
As a workaround, I usually jump in with another device, so that I can use Mic on the second device while showing videos or listening audio files.

Here's a video explaining this but... I did it in my language, Italian! but you can see the procedures, even if in another language.

Goodbye and stay safe,

Danilo

Here is the video from his channel. It is in Italian but the process is always same everywhere.

Thanks!

The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn

Hello Readers!

21/12/2020 is the date which will be sharply remembered amongst the skygazers, and astronomy lovers. Today is a winter solstice and The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.

Since past few months India was facing many cyclones at the south east coast. Due to the severity of Nivar Cyclone in the south coast, half of the country's sky was covered with rain clouds. Also in, Bhavnagar, a small town in Gujarat, wintery sky was flooded with clouds. A week ago it rained in many villages and cities of Gujarat. But after few days weather was set to normal and sky was clear again.

The conjunction of two planets is a rare phenomenon and it takes centuries to happen. This time conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn was of a very short distance and it was measured as .1 degree. In this blog I have uploaded some good clicks and videos about this conjunction. 

The below website is very interesting and worth reading. I recommend all the readers to go through this amazing website.

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/planets/great-conjunction

What Is a Conjunction?

Generally speaking, a conjunction is when two objects appear close to each other in the sky. A conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn—which only happens about once every 20 years—is called a great conjunction.

In the technical language of astronomers, there are a number of ways to define a conjunction. One way is to say it is the moment of minimum separation between two objects as viewed from the Earth. By this definition, the 2020 great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn will occur at about 18:20 UTC on December 21.

Google Doodle celebrated winter solstice and the Great Conjunction 2020.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/google-doodle-celebrates-winter-solstice-and-the-great-conjunction/articleshow/79832088.cms

The day prior to the Great conjunction in Gujarat Samachar's supplementary magazine Ravipurti, an article written by Harshal Pushkarna was worth reading. This article set me to schedule the live watching of this conjunction. 

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It was visible all around the globe, and in Bhavnagar it was visible from 18:35 onwards. Let's see how it looked in Bhavnagar.

Setting up the tools

During the wait, the Moon was glittering in the clear blue sky.

The sunset.

Again Moon in the fresh evening darkness.

And finally, the duo appeared !!! Can you spot the planets ??? Small White dot.

Let's dive in ...

The Camera shook at the moment of click but see how Saturn looks. Zoom in to see big image.

Take a full screen zoom to see the conjunction.

These two images are a surface result of 80 failed clicks. The aluminum tripod is still not stable enough to click such far sighted spatial objects. Even while touching the shutter of the digital camera, entire camera was trembling as if it might have felt the minus degree temperature cold. While clicking this rare event, much of the hard work was done to setup the shutter speed and aperture, timer and ISO to make the best out of the clicks.

This was a very memorable experience for me in 2020. This blog will stand as an inventory of this astronomical phenomenon which will again take place in the year 2080.

Thank You!

Reference:

Jones, Graham. "Great Conjunction 2020." Timeanddate.com, www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/planets/great-conjunction.