Google Workspace Updates
You can now allow multiple people to present together in Meet. As the primary presenter, you can assign participants to co-present Slides with you. As a co-presenter, you can:
- See the audience, presentation, and Slides controls in one window.
- Navigate the presentation.
- Start and stop media within the presentation.
- To add a co-presenter, select "Add co-presenter" in the people panel drop down menus.
Availability
This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu)
Learn more about Meet Presentations.
You can now access a variety of new smart chips for Google Docs and Sheets.
- Calendar Event Chips for Docs and Sheets: Add a smart chip for a Calendar event to see information about the event.
- Timer Chips for Docs: Add a timer to your Doc to keep track of time. You can start, stop, and reset the timer as needed.
- Variable Chips for Docs: Add a variable chip to your Doc to fill out multiple fields at once (e.g., name, address, etc,) with the same text or to create templates you can export with different variable values.
To add smart chips to a Doc or Sheet, type "@" and select from the drop-down menu, or, click Insert > Smart chips.
Availability
This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu)
Learn more about Variable Smart Chips.
You can now collaborate with others to draft calendar invitations with the Calendar event draft building block. This can be useful when multiple stakeholders have inputs for dates, times, attendees, event descriptions and more.
Once the invitation is complete, click the Calendar icon to pull the details into Google Calendar when you are ready to send.
To create a calendar event draft, click Insert > Building blocks > Calendar event draft.
Availability
This feature is now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu)
Learn more about Collaborating on Calendar Invites.