- Google Workspace Updates
- Calendar: Set Tasks to Repeat
- Calendar: Prevent Unwanted Invitations
- Calendar: Easily See Which Account You're Using on Mobile
- Docs: New Ways to Customize Tables
- Drive: Files in Multiple Locations Becoming Shortcuts
- Drive: New Notifications When a File Violates Program Policies
- Meet: Automatically Move Breakout Room Participants Back to the Orignal Meeting
- How to Hum to Search for a Song Using Google
- Google Tools to Support All Learners
- Wide Open School - Activities and Resources for Many Subjects and Age Ranges
- Free Webinar: Holy Sheets! Google Sheets Activities for All Subjects
Google Workspace Updates
Calendar: Set Tasks to Repeat
When using Tasks in Calendar, you will now be able to set recurring tasks with Calendar's recurrance rules and the ability to set an end date. This feature is already available. Full details are available here. Not sure how to use Google Tasks? Find out here.
Calendar: Prevent Unwanted Invitations
The settings for adding invitations to your calendar have been changed to Always have invitations automatcally added or Only have them automatically added if you RSVP in the email event invitation. Changing this setting in Calendar will only affect future events, not those already in your calendar. This feature is off by default. To turn it on, open Calendar, navigate to settings (click the gear on a desktop or laptop), scroll to event settings and look for Add invitations to my calendar. You should see this change within the next two weeks. See all the details here.
Calendar: Easily See Which Account You're Using on Mobile
Profile pictures have been added to the top corner of the Calendar mobile app so you can easily see which account you're currently using. Tapping that profile picture will also allow you to easily toggle between your accounts. You'll still be able to see events for all of your calendars, but this will help you make sure you're in the correct account before adding appointments. The active account will always be listed at the top of the account list. I am not seeing this update yet, but it is expected to roll out in the next two weeks. Here are all the details.
Docs: New Ways to Customize Tables
You now have more options when creating tables in Google Docs. The following features have been added:
- Pin a table header row to repeat on each page - This will make long tables that continue across more than one page much easier to read.
- Designate that a row should not be split across pages - When text in a cell wraps across more than one page, important information can easily be missed or misunderstood.
- Quickly add, and arrange columns and rows - Columns and rows can now be dragged to a different place in the table.
- Sorting tables to better organize data - Pinned headers will stay in place when you sort
- Use a new table sidebar to manage table properties - This makes table properties much easier to access.
It appears these features are already available for our domain. Full details for each of them and on how to use them can be found here. Not sure how to use tables in Docs? Find out here.
Drive: Files in Multiple Locations Becoming Shortcuts
Files in Google Drive, which appear in more than one location, will be converted to shortcuts in Drive in 2022. Shortcuts are just links to the actual file location in Drive, rather than storing the file in more than one location. You will begin to see a banner in Drive notifying you of this upcoming change. You will not need to do anything, it is just for information purposes. Shortcuts will not impede your access to files you currently see.
Drive: New Notifications When a File Violates Program Policies
If an item in Drive violates Google's Terms of Service or Program Policies, it may be restricted - even from those with whom the file has been shared. If it is restricted, the owner will see a flag next to the file name, and it will no longer be accessible to others. The owner will also now receive an email notifying them of the restriction, and explaining how to request a review if the restriction is a mistake. These changes should take effect in the next two weeks.
Meet: Automatically Move Breakout Room Participants Back to the Orignal Meeting
Meeting hosts and co-hosts will now be able to automatically move participants back to the main meeting room once a breakout session ends. This will hopefully end confusion if an attendee isn't sure how to navigate back, or if a student is being uncooperative. The host, or co-host, will be able to close the breakout rooms, and all participants will see a timer counting down to the when they will be moved back to the main Meet room. Participants will then see a message confirming they've been moved back to the main room. Not sure how to use breakout rooms in a Meet? Find out here. This new feature should be available in the next two weeks. Full details can be found here.
How to Hum to Search for a Song Using Google
How to Hum to Search for a Song Using Google, from How-To Geek by Joe Fedewa
Can't quite recall the title or lyrics of a song? Now you can hum or whistle it to find out!
Google Tools to Support All Learners
Google Tools to Support All Learners, from Control Alt Achieve by Eric Curts
This is a comprehensive list of resources and tools available to help students with special needs.
Wide Open School - Activities and Resources for Many Subjects and Age Ranges
Looking for inspiration for new activities or resources for your students? Common Sense Media is offering Wide Open School, which offers many activities for your students. Just choose the grade level and subject and be inspired.
Free Webinar: Holy Sheets! Google Sheets Activities for All Subjects
Free Webinar: Holy Sheets! Google Sheets Activities for All Subjects, from Control Alt Achieve by Eric Curts
Looking for new activities for your students, or maybe looking for innovative ways to use Sheets? Here you go.
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