Google at U-M Learning Resources

You can back up and sync your files with your Mac or Windows computer. Note: If you use a Google Account through work or school, you may need to use Drive File Stream instead of Backup and Sync. Learn how to install and use Drive File Stream.

Walkthroughs and comparisons of how U-M Box and U-M Google operate using shared accounts.

Set up your project plan, collaborate with your team, and do more with G Suite. Includes diagrams

Create a document, change how paragraphs and fonts look, add a bulleted or numbered list, copy and paste text and images, edit and view text from right to left, add a title, heading, or table of contents in a document, delete a document, spreadsheet, or presentation, suggest edits in Google Docs, edit and use a document outline, and add or delete columns in a document.

How to use Google Forms, create and grade quizzes, edit your form, choose a question for your form, change the theme or font of your form, show questions based on answers, and share your form with collaborators.

Add text, images, and other content. Choose the style of your site. Edit and format text and photos.

Explore popular articles with topics like manage your Gmail account, read and organize emails, settings, send emails, the Gmail App, and fix a problem.

Warning: You must contact the ITS Service Center to request a Discussion Group in the UMich domain. The Create Group button creates a Google Group outside of the UMich domain that is not protected by our contract with Google. Discussion Groups are not MCommunity groups and there is no relationship between them.

Use add-ons & Apps Script, see what’s changed in a file, search and use find and replace, use spell-check and autocorrect, count the words in a document, translate documents or write in a different language, use equations in a document, see and use suggested content in a document, keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs, type with your voice, and use Google Keep in a document or presentation.

Set rules for your form, use add-ons and Apps Script, keyboard shortcuts for Google Forms, and can't open a form.

How to use Google Forms.

Add formulas and functions to a spreadsheet, see the sum and average in a spreadsheet, reference data from other sheets, and visit the Google spreadsheets function list.

How to use Google Sheets; create, edit, and format; work with sheets, rows, and columns; publish and embed your spreadsheet; functions and formulas; create and edit charts; tools; spreadsheet settings, views, and printing; work with data.

Get started with Google Slides; create, edit, and customize slides; insert shapes, images, and other objects; tools and animations; present or print slides; publish and embed your presentation; and issues editing Slides.

Create a new site, add content to your site, publish and share your site, differences between old and new Google Sites.

Add, edit, or remove a link, bookmark, or page break, insert or delete images or videos, add headers, footers & page numbers, insert special characters, and link a chart, table, or slides to Google Docs or Slides.

Walkthrough of creating and editing a New Google Sites webpage.

A quick overview of the New Google Sites.

Convert your site to New Sites, compare Classic Sites & New Sites, and what to expect when you convert a site.

If you don’t want to back up your files from your computer, you can stop syncing. Create a folder, move a file or folder, make a copy of a file, and delete a file or folder.

Preview and publish your site on the web, check your sharing options, and search a Google Site.

When using Gmail, sending an email to a large number of people can have some negative effects. UM-ITS provides you with some helpful tips on avoiding these effects.

Find the file you want to share, choose who to share with & how they can use your file, and limit how a file is shared.

Send your form to people, choose where to save form responses, and view and manage form responses.

Introduction on how to avoid phishing scams online.

Upload and download files and folders, supported file types, view and open files, back up photos and videos automatically, store and play video, save, edit and share Microsoft Office files, save web content, convert PDF and photo content to text.

Differences between Gmail and Outlook at a glance. Download instructions on how to make the switch from Outlook to Gmail.

Differences at a glance, work with documents, and do more with Google Docs. (PDF available for download).

While both U-M Box and Google Drive are great for maintaining a shared document repository, ownership, and permissions settings (including inheritance of these settings between top-level folders and their sub-folders) works very differently in each.

Tutorial regarding the new features of Google Sites.

Create and use pivot tables, name a range of cells, sort and filter your data, create an in-cell dropdown list, automatically create a series or list, use conditional formatting rules in Google Sheets, using arrays in Google Sheets, separate cell text into columns, customize a pivot table, and add & use checkboxes.

A quick look at how the new Gmail can help you accomplish more from your inbox. Overview of new features and interface looks.

Quick start information, get started with Google Sync, and Gmail features with Google Sync.

If you want to sync files between Google Drive and your computer, there could be two options for your work or school account: Backup & Sync or Google Drive File Stream.

U-M instructors on the Ann Arbor campus can use the MCommunity Directory to create groups based on course roster data in Wolverine Access. These groups are synchronized to U-M Google and can be used for sending email and sharing U-M Google resources.

This document outlines the process for using a Google Calendar API (Application Program Interface) to customize how a calendar displays on digital signage. Note: a Google Calendar can also be added to digital signage simply as a website (live data content item). However, this method will display the calendar exactly as it appears in a web browser.

Presented as both a guided simulation and step-by-step instructions, learn how to create digital signage. Create and populate a spreadsheet, create a template and region, add live data content to your sign, and design the layout.

Create an event, invite people to your calendar event, change the privacy settings for your event, respond to event invitations, delete an event, transfer Google calendars or events, invite groups to calendar events, and use Google Calendar appointment slots.

Share your calendar with someone, sync Calendar with a phone or tablet, import events to Google Calendar, change your Calendar settings, fix sync problems with the Google Calendar app, get started with Google Calendar, see Google Calendar events on Apple Calendar, and change or turn off Calendar notifications

Google's Help Center which provides useful resources regarding Jamboard, including an overview, set-up, and support.

You can see and find your files in Google Drive on your computer with Drive File Stream. 

You can sync your U-M Google Contacts across all your devices, including Apple iOS and macOS. When you change a U-M Google contact entry on one of those devices, it will change across the rest of your devices. That way, you won’t have to make changes on each device, and you won’t lose anyone’s contact info.

Learn more about Google's newest product, Jamboard! It features a 55-inch, digital, collaborative whiteboard that works in the cloud.

Brian Cors (ITS) demonstrates the new web interface, with quick actions, Google’s suggested replies and even more integrations with other G Suite apps. 6/07/18. Resource links provided during the webinar.

Unleash your team's creativity with Google Jamboard. Madi Atkins (ITS | Collaboration Services) shows how to drop images, add Google Drive files, and sketch your ideas, white-board style on an interactive canvas, collaborating with team members from anywhere. Link to Google Doc with resources for the IT4U.

Madi Atkins (ITS) offers best practices for sharing and storing data in U-M Google and Box, including U-M Google shared drives, shared accounts with U-M Box, and more. Level: Introductory. 9/25/19. See this Google doc with resources.

Use this Quick Start Guide to learn about Jamboard features.

Gmail has a new look for the features you already use, plus new ways to organize your inbox, view upcoming events, and take action on emails.

Once a resource calendar has been created, control of that calendar is turned over to the department that controls the resource itself. Access to the calendar, including who can see or reserve the resource is controlled by calendar permissions, permissions which are assigned to an MCommunity Group. This document is intended for ITS staff who manage resource calendars for their unit.

Group calendars -- for example, a unit vacation calendar -- are created and shared by the owner as secondary calendars. U-M Google resources are physical resources -- for example, conference rooms or loaner laptops -- that can be booked using the “Rooms, etc.” area in the calendar invite. 

Important! This tool will not run on a Mac. What is a PST? Microsoft Outlook users may create a personal storage (.pst) file that contains archived email and calendar data. These files are stored outside of your normal mailbox on your local hard drive or shared drive. Information stored on PST files are not automatically migrated into Google and require additional steps.

Overview of the major Gmail updates, such as organize emails from your inbox, snooze emails until later, use suggested replies and follow-ups, expand or shrink your inbox view, edit labels & categories, and view Calendar, Tasks, Keep, & add-ons.
 

Hangouts Chat and Meet are the next version of Hangouts, expected in July / August 2019. This chart outlines how Google Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet at U-M compare with classic Google Hangouts at U-M.

An overview of key features added to New Google Sites and changes from Classic Google Sites.

Jamboard can be used to host live sessions, create and edit content, control who can remotely access a "jam," and connect to other Jamboards.

Print or change page setup and zoom or change your document view.

If you don’t want to back up your files from your computer, you can stop syncing.

Differences at a glance, work with Slides, and do more with Slides.

See how Jamboard works. It's like a whiteboard but better. It's a new way to collaborate, from Google.

Here’s a few tips for navigating the Spam label in your U-M Gmail account. This document includes how to: help keep messages you send from being labeled as spam, manage the way your incoming mail is sorted, and see why a message was flagged as spam.