Collaboration Services News and Updates

This month we’re covering both August’s and September’s posts! We have a couple of important changes and several quality of life changes across Drive, the Docs Editors, and more. Table of contents Important Notices Learn about Google Keep reminders in Google Tasks Upcoming Changes to Drive Sharing Permissions Google Calendar, Tasks, & Keep Sorting your […]

In this blog post, we’ll detail what the “Marked for Deletion” label is and what to do if you see it. What is the label? The “Marked for Deletion” Label is a red badge that appears on any file that is owned by an account of someone who is no longer at VCU. This bright […]

This month we bring several AI features from Gemini and are introducing the new Meet LTI within VCU’s Canvas.  A special note about this month’s post: When referring to “Canvas,” there are two different products with this name: “Canvas,” the learning management system officially used at VCU, and then “Canvas,” used in the context of […]

Restricting access to a sub-folder or file in Google Drive, a popular feature request, is rolling out now. Soon, in My Drive and Shared Drives, you’ll be able to restrict access to a folder or file to specific people. This will be possible in two ways: 1. Update item only: Go to your My Drive > […]

Table of contents Important Notices Google Vids – Google’s new AI-powered video creation app for work to help tell stories across VCU Last Call: Jamboard is winding down Google Sites is no longer available Google Calendar New design and accessibility improvements for embedded Google Calendars Google Chat Transcriptions now available for voice messages in Google […]

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’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 […]

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 […]

Table of contents Apps Script View & compare script versions with Apps Script project history Google Calendar New Google Calendar appointment scheduling features Google Chat In-line replies now available within announcement spaces in Google Chat See message view counts in Google Chat spaces Expanding autocorrect to Google Chat on web Copy space member email address […]

Google Chat will be receiving two major (and positive!) updates that will affect your day-to-day use of the service, including a fresh coat of paint that will bring a more modernized visual experience and the conversion of older threading-style of Google Chat Spaces by “topic” to in-line threading.  Spaces threaded by “topic” will be converted […]