During teletherapy, it can get pretty boring if it is only the SLP with the power to move and click items on the screen. When a child can be an active participant in teletherapy their engagement increases which means their potential for learning does too. Many platforms easily allow for Screen Control Sharing…but not Google Meet.
There is a work around however that can help to fix this pesky problem. Here are the steps you need to follow to give your students screen control in one click!
- Download the Chrome Remote Desktop extension You will only have to do this once.
- Create your Google Meet
- Copy and paste this code into the chat box, but don’t hit enter yet! https://remotedesktop.google.com/support/
- Now, add session/ after support so it looks like this: https://remotedesktop.google.com/support/session/
- Go back to you chrome extension and click Generate Code. You will get a 12 digit code. Copy and paste this after the session/
- Now you can click enter and post it in the chat. All your student needs to do is click the link.
- You will be promoted to share your screen on the chrome extension page and then you are good to go.
If you are someone like me, who likes to ‘see’ the steps, then you can watch this short video.
I have only tried this between computers so far, so I am not sure how it would do with a computer/iPad situation etc. If you know, feel free to share in the comments.
Thank you so much! I finally feel like this is possible!
Ha I know how you feel!
How do you get screen control back ??
You can go back to the extension’s page and cancel it out.
Does this process need to be done for each of your student’s sessions individually or can you copy & paste the same link with the same code for all of your sessions?
A new code needs to be done for each session.
Can more than one student click the link so multipe students in a group can take turns? Thanks!!
I haven’t been able to try it in a group yet.
This is awesome! Thank you! Do you know if you can use the same link for multiple children? Or if it has to be done each session or is it a one and done kind of thing?
I haven’t tried it with a group yet but I do know you have to do a new code each session.
I haven’t been able to try it in a group yet.
Do you have to do this for each and every scheduled Meet? Or once you have done it one time, the student will always have control?
Yes it is for every meet.
Hello,
I’m having difficulty as it seems like everything got connected but my student said they saw their mouse but could’t select anything or move around; they had entered the video session so it’s not like their mouse wasn’t working prior to doing the remote desktop. Have any ideas? Would they have to do something in their settings of their computer?
I did everything the same for a previous session and it worked; the students also have the same computer so I don’t think that would be the problem…
Technology can be a pain sometimes, am I right?! I have had good luck with finding answers to those tech issues on you tube.
I love this feature, but when I use it, it also shares my audio. It causes feedback between the remote shared audio and the google meet audio. Has this happened to anyone else? I can’t figure out how to fix it except to have my student mute themselves (which kind of defeats the point). 🙁
Hmmm I’m not quite sure how to fix that. When I have hit some trouble shooting issues I have had good luck with Google and You tube
I have had this same issue and no luck figuring it out. Have you had any luck yet?
Still looking 🙂
Haven’t been able to figure out how to fix it. 🙁