Problem

Student audio is very loud or quiet when they speak during Google Meet sessions.

Solution

Chromebooks allow you to adjust microphone sensitivity which can cause a student's audio to become loud and full of static or very quiet. A student might accidentally adjust their microphone sensitivity, so it will need to be turned back down.

Step 1

  1. Open settings by clicking on the system tray (bottom right)


Step 2

  1. Open sound settings by clicking on the circle icon with the arrow pointing to the right

Step 3

  1. Adjust the slider bar under 'Microphone (internal)’ to adjust the microphone sensitivity. The middle point is the default and recommended level

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