Collaboration Services News and Updates

The Collaboration Services team is introducing a new initiative designed to enhance email security at VCU: DMARC. DMARC stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance. It’s a powerful tool that helps combat phishing scams and safeguard your inbox. Why DMARC? Phishing emails are a major threat, often disguised as legitimate messages from trusted senders. […]

This month we have some quality of life upgrades for Google Drive and Google Meet and improved tables and dropdown chips for Google Sheets. Table of contents Important Notices Jamboard is winding down Gmail Reply to emails in Gmail faster on Android devices Google Drive & Docs Editors Save files scanned in the Google Drive […]

This month, we’re bringing you news of new and improved update notifications in Google Sheets, a new Google Meet LTI integration in Canvas, continued improvements to appointment schedules in Google Calendar, and more. Table of contents Important Notices Jamboard is winding down Google Calendar Enhancing the Google Calendar appointment scheduling experience with additional features Google […]

Table of contents Important Notices Jamboard is winding down Google Chat Request to join spaces in Google Chat Google Drive & Docs Editors Expanding voice typing and automatic captions to additional browsers Google Meet Google Meet adds 11 more languages for closed captions Google Meet now supports high definition video for meeting recording and devices […]

Table of contents Important Notices Jamboard is winding down Google Chat Get notifications for all messages in a Google Chat space Google Drive & Docs Editors Hover to preview videos in Google Drive View recent shares in the Google Drive Activity page Updated keyboard shortcuts and first-letters navigation now available on Google Drive web Preview […]

Table of contents Important Notices Don’t forget about Spring Cleaning! Jamboard is winding down Gmail Create fully customized email campaigns using new layout editor tool Google Chat Send voice messages in Google Chat Access and sort shared files within a space in Google Chat more easily Google Docs New ways to annotate Google Docs on […]

This month, we’ve got an Updates Recap focused on Google Drive and Docs Editors features, including the long-awaited Speaker Spotlight in Google Slides. Table of contents Google Docs New way to use smart canvas in Google Docs Google Drive & Docs Editors Playback improvements to videos uploaded on Google Drive Sort, filter and manage comments […]

This month we’re glad to announce some major upgrades to Appointment Schedules in Google Calendar, a fresh coat of paint for the Google sign-in page, a new feature that allows you to attach a presentation recording to your Google Slides, and more. Table of contents Important Changes Updated user interface for signing in to your […]

Table of contents Google Chat Star important messages in Google Chat Improving space creation in Google Chat Google Drive & Docs Editors Easily share Google Drive files to Google Calendar meeting attendees Introducing a new homepage view in Google Drive Introducing dropdown options on the sharing button in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings Share […]

Google and Yahoo have recently announced an important change that will be enforced starting February 2024 regarding requirements for sending bulk mail from third-party mail systems, such as MailChimp, SendPulse, and SendGrid, to gmail.com and yahoo.com accounts. Read Google’s announcement here. What’s changing? Google and Yahoo will begin to heavily enforce restrictions, aimed to reduce […]