To increase the privacy of education meetings in Google Meet, anonymous users (those that are not signed into a G Suite or Google account) will no longer be able to join a meeting created by a UNLVMail or Rebelmail account. The change will prevent anonymous users from joining and disrupting the meeting, a behavior commonly referred to as “zoombombing.”

What does this mean for you?

• As a meeting organizer: When you create a meeting and share the meeting link, your participants must be signed in to a UNLVMail, Rebelmail, or personal Google account in order to join.
• As a meeting participant: When you join a meeting, you must be signed into a UNLVMail, Rebelmail, or personal Google account.

Google will begin rolling out the change today, although it may take up to 15 days for it to affect your account.

For more information about Google Meet, please visit the Google Meet Learning Center. If you have any questions or concerns about this change, please contact the IT Help Desk.

Google Drive now allows you to add a single file to multiple folders and Shared Drives with Shortcuts. Shortcuts are pointers to files that are stored in another folder or Shared Drive, which makes it easy to reference contents without creating copies of the file. To create a Shortcut:

1. From your Google Drive, locate the file for which you would like to create a shortcut.
2. Right-click on the file and select Add shortcut to Drive.
3. Select the shortcut location and click the Add Shortcut button.

Note: Shortcuts are visible to anyone who has access to the folder or Shared Drive containing the shortcut. Even if someone can see the shortcut, however, they can only open it if they have the appropriate access to the original file or folder.