Google offers many apps in its G Suite package. Click any of the products below for a more detailed description of their features. You will also find links to tips, cheat sheets, video walk-throughs, and full online courses covering these apps that are included in Colby’s Google Apps package.
Gmail
With Gmail, your email is stored safely in the cloud. You can get messages from any computer or device with a web browser. You can also quickly organize and find important email, as well as read and draft email without an Internet connection.
Features of Gmail
- Send emails from any device
- Create custom filters for organization
- Add events to Google Calendar from your Inbox
Learn how to use Gmail
Calendar
With Google Calendar, you can quickly schedule meetings and events and get reminders about upcoming activities, so you always know what’s next. Calendar is designed for teams, so it’s easy to share your schedule with others and create multiple calendars that you and your team can use together.
Features of Calendar
- Schedule events
- Create reminders
- Share & view calendars with others
- Customize your calendar
Learn how to use Calendar
Docs
Write reports, create joint project proposals, keep track of meeting notes, and more. With Google Docs, you can create and edit text documents right in your web browser—no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically.
Features of Google Docs
- Create, import, edit, and format documents
- Share and collaborate with others
- Print and download documents
Learn how to use Calendar
Additional Resources
Sheets
With Google Sheets, you can create and edit spreadsheets directly in your web browser—no special software is required. Multiple people can work simultaneously, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically.
Features of Google Sheets
- Import and create spreadsheets
- Add content and data
- Apply formatting and create charts
- Share and collaborate with others
Learn how to use Sheets
Slides
Create and present professional pitch decks, project presentations, training modules, and more. With Google Slides, you can build presentations right in your web browser—no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work on slides at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is automatically saved.
Features of Google Slides
- Create and import presentations
- Share and collaborate with others
- Add content, comments, and speaker notes
- Present, print, and download
Learn how to use Calendar
Additional Resources
Drive
With Google Drive, you can open your files from your computer’s Drive folder on the desktop or from your browser. Files you create with Google Docs open in your browser or mobile app. Other files in your Drive folder will open in their regular applications (like Adobe® Reader® for PDF® files) on your computer.
Features of Google Drive
- Upload and create documents
- Work with files
- Share and collaborate with others
- Access from any device
Learn how to use Drive
Using Shared Drives
Shared drives are shared spaces where teams can easily store, search, and access their files anywhere, from any device.
Unlike files in My Drive, files in a shared drive belong to the team instead of an individual. Even if members leave, the files stay exactly where they are so your team can continue to share information and get work done.
Classroom
Classroom helps students and teachers organize assignments, boost collaboration, and foster better communication. It makes it easy for instructors to grade and leave feedback on assignments without having to download or print out any documents.
Please note that Moodle is Colby's learning management system, and Classroom should not be considered a replacement for this resource.
Features of Google Classroom
- Post announcements
- Accept assignments online
- Post questions to be used as a poll or to start a discussion
- Upload course material
Learn how to use Classroom
Extra tips
- An iOS app and an Android app for Classroom are now available. These apps could be particularly useful for responding to questions during a class.
Forms
Manage event registrations, create a quick opinion poll, and much more. With Google Forms, you can create and analyze surveys right in your mobile or web browser—no special software is required. You get instant results as they come in. And, you can summarize survey results at a glance with charts and graphs.
Features of Google Forms:
- Create a form or quiz
- Choose settings and preview
- Send your form or quiz
- Analyze or grade responses
Learn how to use Forms:
Meet
Google Meet lets you hold video meetings with people inside or outside of Colby.
Features of Google Meet
- Start chats or video calls
- Join video calls
- Share your screen and add more people
- Create direct messages and rooms
Learn how to use Meet:
Keep
Capture ideas with your voice, add images to notes, check tasks off your to-do list, and much more. With Google Keep, you can create, share, and collaborate with people on notes and lists. Keep synchronizes across all your devices, so your notes and lists go with you, wherever you are.
Features of Google Keep
- Create and edit notes
- Organize, find, and share notes
- Set reminders
- Archive and delete notes
Learn how to use Keep
Contacts
Features of Google Contacts
- Create contacts and contact groups
- Email contacts and contact groups
- Organize contacts
Learn how to use Contacts:
NOTE: Google Contact Groups is not the same as Google Groups
Tasks
Features of Google Tasks
- Create tasks and lists
- Organize and update tasks
- Complete tasks
- Share task lists
Learn how to use Tasks:
YouTube
YouTube is a video hosting site, and is ideal for videos that will be publicly shared and are meant to be found in a search. For privately shared videos, please see Kaltura, which is Colby's all-in-one video platform.
Features of YouTube
- Upload videos
- Share videos publicly or with an unlisted link
- Manage captions
- Track basic analytics
Learn how to use YouTube