Learning in the Lou

 Prior to running Meets, make sure Chrome and your laptops are updated. We have seen audio issues due to updates not being run. Chrome FYI - you will need to restart Chrome to apply updates. Open Chrome. Click the ice cream cone in the upper right, the three dots. In the dropdown, click or hover on Help. Click About Google Chrome in the popout menu. Make sure you are at version 133 or above. If prompted, restart Chrome. If you do not restart Chrome, the newest version will not be applied. There is a good chance you will have issues when attempting to run a Meet. Laptop There are multiple ways to find System Settings, below is one quick way. Click to open the Launch Pad. Find System Settings, it looks like a gear icon. Click General. Click Software Update. Keep running updates until you reach 15.3

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