You can now pin messages to the top of the meeting chat in Google Meet. Pinned messages will appear for all users, even if they join the meeting after the message was initially sent. This makes it easy to ensure that important messages - like links to presentations - are displayed prominently and easily accessible by meeting participants. Meeting participants can pin and unpin their own messages, and meeting hosts can unpin anyone’s message.
Google Meet hosts can pin multiple tiles for all meeting participants
If you’re a meeting host or co-host, you can now pin up to three specific tiles for all meeting participants. By doing so, you can help ensure the meeting is focused on key presentations and speakers. This is especially helpful for large meeting scenarios like webinars where hosts need to focus everyone on particular content. Meeting participants can unpin these tiles on their screen if they wish.
Shareable class templates and classwork in Google Classroom are now generally available
Last year, Google announced a Google Classroom beta that simplifies lesson planning with shareable class templates and classwork. This is now globally available for Google Workspace for Education Plus customers in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Curriculum leads and verified teachers can now share links to high-quality classes and class templates so other educators in their organization can preview and import classwork to an existing class or to a new class. This will provide educators with ideas for instructional design and enable them stay up-to-date with the best materials.