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Speaker Spotlight Feature in Google Slides

You can now insert your video feed directly into your Google Slides presentations, creating a more immersive experience for your audience.

To add the spotlight shape into Slides, go to Insert > speaker spotlight or click the speaker spotlight button in the toolbar.

Availability

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

Learn more about Speaker Spotlight in Google Sheets.


Create branded email GIF

You can now create customized email layouts using a new email layout editor that is accessible from the compose screen in Gmail.

In the layout editor, you can create a new email layout from scratch or select from a predefined set of email templates, which include images, text elements and buttons. To access custom email layouts, compose a new message and click on the Choose layout icon.

Choose layout icon

Availability

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

Learn more about customized layout in Gmail.


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.