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Star a message in Google Chat

You can now ‘star’ any messages in Chat for easy access via the starred shortcut in the left navigation panel. Starring a message can be useful when you need to revisit a message at a later time. 

To star a message, hover over the message and click the star icon or click on the vertical ellipsis icon to display the star option.

Star message menu

Availability

This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unv.nevada.edu). 

Learn more about starring a message.


Task in Google Calendar

You can now view and manage all of your appointments and to-dos  in Google Calendar. In addition to seeing all of your events and appointments, you can now see all of your tasks and task lists in a single full screen view on Calendar via the web interface.

To view full screen tasks on Calendar web, go to https://calendar.google.com and click on the task icon in the top bar.

Availability

This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unv.nevada.edu). 

Learn more about Google Task.


Video Recording in Google Slides

You can now use slide recording to record yourself presenting, and then share the presentation with others. This can be useful for webinars, employee training, and lessons for your class.

 

To start a recording, from your presentation, in the top right, click the Rec icon and then Record new video. Once the recording is complete, you will have the option to save the recording to your Google Drive.

Availability

This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and *Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu). 
*Graduate students only. Undergraduates can request for these features to be added to their accounts here.

Learn more about slide recording.