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Ask Questions Anonymously in Google Meet

Google Meet attendees are able to ask questions and vote in polls anonymously. In this guide, we will show you how to enable this feature as a Google Meet Host and how to use it as a meeting participant. This feature is intended to encourage participation from meeting attendees who prefer not to be identified by name. It's also ideal for protecting privacy during calls with a large number of participants and public meetings. How to Enable/Disable Anonymous Questions in Google Meet Anonymous questions are enabled by default for all Google Workspace users. Meeting hosts and co-hosts can turn off the feature by navigating to Host Controls > Meeting Activities and then switching off the Allow Anonymous questions toggle. Anonymous polls are disabled by default, but you can turn the feature on when starting a new poll. Note that these settings do not carry over from meeting to meeting, so you will need to repeat the steps if you want to disable anonymous questions or enable poll voting without names. How to Ask Questions or Answer Polls Anonymously in Google Meet To get started, go to Meeting Activities > Q&A. If the feature is enabled by your meeting host, you will be able to check the Post Anonymously box. To answer a poll secretly, your meeting host has to enable anonymous poll responses. If it’s enabled, you will see a message before voting. When you reply to a poll or post a question secretly, the details are kept private from other meeting participants, meeting hosts, and your Google Workspace Admin. Google saves your poll responses and anonymous questions in an anonymized form before they are destroyed. If you have any questions about Gogle Meet or want to learn more tips, visit our Workspace Community forum!
Create and Assign Checklists in Google Docs

Checklists are a great way to keep track of items, tasks, or steps that need to be completed. Take advantage of the flexibility Google Docs offers to create checklists and sync them with Google Tasks. Google Docs users can use the built-in checklist tool to create and assign a checklist. This means you no longer have to switch between apps to create checklists, no more emails, and no more extra steps to keep everyone involved. The interactive building blocks to Google Docs, called “chips”, help you connect people, content, and events into one seamless experience. How to Create and Assign Checklists in Google Docs Using Google Docs to create a checklist is very simple. As long as you already know what you want to include on the list, the steps are straightforward. To start a new checklist, click on the Checklist button from the toolbar. Then you can start typing the list of items. You can also transform an existing list of items into a checklist. Select the list of items and then click on the Checklist button to enable the format. To assign any task from the list to a colleague: Click on the plus sign from the left side of the list. Click on the assignee field and start typing the name of the person the task should be assigned to. 3. If the assignee doesn't have access to the document yet, a popup message will ask you to share the file with them. The checklists will also appear in Google Tasks, making it easier for everyone to manage their To-Do list for different projects. This feature is available to all Google Workspace customers, including G Suite Basic and Business customers. Share your Google Tasks tips with our Google Worskpace users on our Workspace Community Forum .
How to Create a Task From a Chat Message

Sometimes, projects and goals emerge from email or messaging discussions. If you use Google Chat, read further to find out how you can convert any message into a task. Google Chat & Google Tasks Google Chat allows you to hold informal or formal chat sessions with your colleagues and people from outside your organization. You can hold text conversations between two people or among several people in what Google refers to as Spaces. Google Tasks allows you to create a to-do list visible in the right sidebar within Gmail and other Google Workspace apps. You can also add tasks into your calendar and complete them with details or subtasks. How to Add Personal Tasks from Google Chat You can create a task from a message on the Google Chat website or the Google Chat section in Gmail. Then you can access it just like any other Google Task or in Google Calendar. To get started, click on the three dots menu from the right side of any Google Chat message, and then click Add to Tasks. The Tasks sidebar will open with the message as the task title; you can then customize it and complete it with a note or a due date. Hopefully, this tip will help you to stay on top of tasks that arise from conversations with coworkers via Chat. All Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers, have access to this feature. Do you know other Google Chat tips? Share them with the Workspace Community .

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