Google Hangouts

How to Setup Google Hangouts

This instructional document will guide you through setting up a Google hangout session.

1. First you need to activate Google + on your myinfo/myemail account. Click +yourname while logged on to myEmail, and fill out the required Google form to activate your Google+ account.

Window showing steps to choose your username to initiate a hangout

2. Find using the search bar, and follow TSC helpdesk page.

Window of user typing tsc helpdesk to find the group

Window following TSC

3. Click on the hangouts button located on the bottom right hand side of the page under our contact information on the helpdesk page. If you get a prompt requiring you to install a plugin, please proceed and install the plugin.

Google hangout button on the helpdesk homepage

4. Under "Add People to this video call" enter TSC help desk, and it will populate a result with the page you selected to follow earlier.

Hangouts adding a person to a call

5. Click submit and wait for our staff to accept and join the hangout request.

Google hangout initilizing

6. You can now chat, video chat, and share your desktop view with helpdesk staff.