How to livestream office hours in Etudes using Google+ Hangouts.

1. Just a test

2. • Getting a Google+ Account
• Syncing it with YouTube?
• Getting the link/embed code
• Embedding YouTube video in Etudes
If you already have a Gmail
account that IS NOT connected
to YouTube skip to slide 18!

3. Getting the Google Plus Account
1. Go to
Google.com
2. Click on
+You

6. Click Create an account

8. This is the symbol
for YouTube

10. Click Continue to Google+

11. Click upgrade

12. Click Continue

13. Click Finish

14. *Note if “Hangouts On Air” does not
appear, simply hover your mouse over the
Home tab.

16. Click “Hangouts On Air”

17. Hangouts On Air Home Page

18. Click “Start a Hangout On Air”

19. Click “Connect account”

20. Click “OK”

21. You now have
a YouTube account!
It is automatically
connected with Google+

22. You now have
a YouTube account!
It is automatically
connected with Google+
Click the Google+ tab to
return to the hangout page

23. Click Start a Hangout On Air

24. YouTube may need to verify
the account. Follow the
verification instructions.

25. Enter your phone number
then click Submit.

26. Enter the verification
code, then click Submit.

27. Once verified, click Continue

28. Click the Hangouts tab to
return to the hangout page

29. Click Start a Hangout On Air

30. Name your Hangout On Air

31. Click Start Hangout On Air

32. Check “I agree…” and click Continue

33. Go back to hangout page
and click Start Broadcast

34. Read disclaimer then click OK

35. You are recording your welcome video

36. When you’re finished click
Stop broadcast.

37. Click on Links in the lower right corner
to display the link/embed code.

39. Copy the video event page link
(youtube ID) and paste in text edit/word.
Do the same for the embed code.

40. Paste the link/embed code
anywhere that Etudes
asks you for it.
• Homepage Link
• Announcements Embed Code
• Syllabus Embed Code
• Discussions Embed Code
• Modules Embed Code
• Site Links Link*
*When creating a site link check the box
that says “open in new window”

41. Go to your homepage in Etudes

42. Click the edit icon
(looks like a gear)
to the far right
of the home tab

43. Under Home Items
Click Add

44. Type in a title.
Click on the small
calendar icon and pick a
release date.

45. Click “Select a
YouTube Video”

46. Paste your YouTube ID
(not the embed code) in
the YouTube ID text box

47. The video will show in the
preview window. Click
publish.

48. Students can watch the video
on your homepage

49. Please pass this presentation
along to anyone interested in
enriching their online class with
Google+ Hangouts
Thank you!
helfco@wlac.edu