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title: "Joining a Scheduled Google Hangouts Meet with UConn and External Guests"
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This article is intended for faculty, students, and staff with a Google account that would like to join a Google Hangouts Meet with internal (those with a UConn account) and external attendees. You can join a Hangouts meeting via email, calendar, or phone.

## Via Email

1. Select the invitation email in your inbox.
2. Scroll down to the link under **Joining info** and click on it.
3. Configure your audio and video settings before you join the meeting. If your microphone and video are not working, they may be blocked by your browser.
4. Click **Join now** to join the meeting.
5. As an external user, clicking the link will bring you to the Google Hangout room, but the **Join** **now** option has been replaced with an **Ask to join** option.
6. Select **Ask to join,** and then the organizer of the Hangout will let you in.

## Via Calendar

1. Select the invitation email in your inbox.
2. At the top of the email, there will be a calendar banner that looks like this. To automatically add this event to your Google Calendar, click **Yes**.
3. This event will now be viewable in Google Calendar. You can click **View on Google Calendar** to quickly be brought to the event.
4. In Google Calendar, click directly on the event to view more information.
5. Click **Join Hangouts Meet** to be brought to the meeting link.

## Via Phone

1. Select the invitation email in your inbox
2. Scroll down to see more info. Call the number below “Join by phone.”
3. When prompted, type in the PIN number listed followed by the # key.
4. You will be forwarded to the meeting upon successfully entering the pin.

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