Google Workspace Wednesday

Issue #96 / 16-APR-25

New AI capabilities in Workspace to help every business drive results

Gemini in Workspace now provides business users with more than 2 billion AI assists every month, helping people save time and get more done. Google is bringing even more helpful AI capabilities into the Workspace tools you use every day — Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat and more — and introducing Google Workspace Flows, a brand-new way to automate and orchestrate work across your apps, powered by AI.

Google Docs code blocks now available in additional programming languages

In 2022, Google introduced a smart canvas feature that enables you to format and display code in Google Docs with code blocks. Google is adding support for additional code languages to give even more users the ability to easily visualize code, making more code readable and collaboration much easier.

Introducing silent reading mode in Google Classroom’s Read Along

In addition to the recent announcement of educators being able to upload content to Read Along in Google Classroom, Google is introducing a new feature that allows students to read a book in silent reading mode. This feature will allow students to read a book silently without having to draw attention to themselves or disturbing their classmates. In addition to giving teachers more flexibility in how they use Read Along, this new reading mode is particularly useful in scenarios where multiple students might be working on a reading assignment in the same space.

Use Gemini in Google Classroom to generate questions or a quiz based on specific text

Earlier this year, Google introduced the ability to generate vocabulary lists with the help of Gemini in Classroom. Now, it is adding a text-dependent question generation tool to further its efforts for AI to help educators save time, create captivating learning experiences, and inspire creativity. Educators can select a Drive file or manually input text, select which skills they want students to demonstrate, then generate questions to assess grade-specific comprehension and critical reasoning skills of students. Once generated, educators can then export the questions to a Form or Doc to assign to students.

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