Video Tutorial
Step-by-Step Instructions
Through Gmail Account
Click on the Google Hangouts icon
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To see this icon you will need to make sure that you have turned on the chat feature enabled.
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This will then place the chat window on your Gmail page
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Through Google+
- Click on the +YourName in on your Gmail page
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Through Google Calendar Invite:
This will create a Hangout and send out an invite for some future time.
You’ll see the link to Add a Google+ hangout on the event page for any individual events you create, and clicking on it will add a hangout to the event. Guests with edit access to the event (either through ‘Guests can modify’ being enabled or shared ownership of the calendar) can add a hangout to the event; guests without edit access will not be able to add a hangout to the event.
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