Introduction

This blog explains why and how to force mute talkative students in Google Meet. This small step provides a respectful and focused virtual classroom environment. In today's digital world, Google Meet is one of the big players in conducting digital meetings. It is very important to have discipline during digital classes. Some students may cause disruption in learning by talking loud or have loud background noise. Hence educators need to force mute them to maintain discipline during classes. In this blog you will know how Safe Doc helps teachers to mute talkative students in Google Meet.

Why Force Mute Talkative Students in Google Meet for Education?

In digital classrooms, it is essential to maintain distraction-free environment for effective learning. When students talk in between, they may unintentionally disturb the whole classroom. Hence it is necessary to force mute such students to prevent distraction in learning environment. Sometimes, one of the participants background will be very noisy which makes learning challenging for all the other participants.

Let’s understand the scenario through a user story:

  • Problem: Mr. Carter, a middle school science teacher, conducted science lesion on Google Meet. Around 20 students joined the meeting. One of the student had construction noise was coming out louder which was disturbing the whole class. Additionally, one student started talking irrelevant topic in between studies. Teacher then decided to mute students to promote noise-free learning.
  • Solution: Mr. Carter then installed Safe Doc extension and implemented the policy to force mute talkative students and ensured all participants have effective learning environment.
  • Result: Once after implementing the policy, Mr. Carter noticed discipline during classes and all the participants could understand the teaching and reduced distraction caused by background noise and prevented off-track discussions.

Introduction to xFanatical Safe Doc

xFanatical Safe Doc is a browser extension which provides various policies for administrators to control and safeguard students learning environment. Safe Doc offers polices to manage Google Workspace app efficiently to support digital learning.

Force Mute Talkative Students in Google Meet with xFanatical Safe Doc

In Google Meet, students have the ability to unmute themselves and cause interruptions even when teachers mute them. During online classes, managing background noises and talkative students can be challenging, especially in large classes environment. Therefore Safe Doc become important tool for managing and organizing discipline in virtual classes.

Safe Doc offers EnableMeetMicOffCommand policy, using which you can automatically mute students in Google Meet and restrict their ability to unmute themselves without permission. Let's see how the magic works.

xFanatical Safe Doc includes a magic chat command that allows teachers to mute specific students instantly. Steps to use this feature:

  1. Find the talkative student's email address to mute.
  2. Open the chat panel in Google Meet.
  3. Type /micoff, followed by a space and the student’s email address.
    For example - /micoff [email protected].
  4. Click send.

Now the student's microphone is automatically muted and disables the button to prevent students from unmuting themselves.

xFanatical Safe Doc Force mutes in Google Meets

  xFanatical Safe Doc force mutes students in Google Meets

How to Force Mute Talkative Students in Google Meet using xFanatical Safe Doc

Step 1: Install Safe Doc
At the start install Safe Doc in your Google Workspace environment. Safe Doc is a browser extension to provide safe and controlled learning environment for admins and students.

Step 2: Check Safe Doc settings
Once after you install Safe Doc, configure its settings to implement the block on translating documents in Google Docs.

Step 3: Access Google Admin Console
Now, navigate to the Google Admin Console. Next, click on Devices > Chrome > Apps & Extensions > Users & Browsers.

Step 4: Review the Policy
The next step is to find the policy and set its value to true if not already set. The example is provided below:

"EnableMeetMicOffCommand": {
  "Value": true
}

Step 5: Save the Policy
Finally, click the Save.

How to configure Safe Doc

Ensure the deployment of Safe Doc on your students' Chrome browsers, and review the xFanatical Safe Doc Configuration document for detailed instructions.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Safe Doc's policy to mute talkative students in Google Meet is an essential tool to maintain discipline and focus in virtual classroom. This way teachers can focus on teaching and all the participants can concentrate on learning. To learn more about how xFanatical Safe Doc can help enhance online safety in your educational institution, visit our website xFanatical Safe Doc and install to get a 30 days free trial.

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