Google Workspace Updates

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Mark Your Important Tasks With a Star

You can now mark your important tasks with a star to prioritize your tasks and to easily access your starred items across various tasks lists in the new starred view.

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Add a Task from Google Chat

You can now add a task from individual or group messages in Google Chat.

This feature allows you to create tasks that come out of conversations with your colleagues via Chat.

Once you have created a personal task, you can add a due date and description, then quickly navigate back to the conversation.

Availability

These features are now available for all UNLVMail (@unlv.edu) and Rebelmail accounts (@unlv.nevada.edu)

You can learn more about organizing your tasks and adding a task.


Emoji Reactions

You can now give feedback with the new emoji reactions a less formal alternative to comments to express your opinions about document content.

Just select the contents you wish to give feedback to and click Insert Emoji reactions.

Availability

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

Please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center to learn more about emoji reactions.


Table Templates

You can use table templates to quickly insert building blocks for common workflows such as a:

  • Launch content tracker
  • Project asset
  • Review tracker
  • Product roadmap

You can insert a new table template by clicking on Insert Building blocks and selecting a template.

Availability

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

 Please visit the Google Workspace Learning Center to learn more about building blocks.