U-M Google Updates / U-M Information and Technology Services

U-M Google April Summary

5/3/2017

The monthly U-M Google Summaries inform campus of Google releases for Core Apps as well as the Non-Core Apps (those that are not part of the G Suite for Education agreement). We communicate important information on Core Apps throughout the month. Core and Non-Core Apps are listed on the U-M Google List of Services page.

Core Apps:

Customize your site with logos, matching colors, and more in new Google Sites!
Ready for Business - Google Calendar is now on iPad.

Previously Communicated:

U-M Box and U-M Google at Enriching Scholarship.
Google has rolled out consent for 3rd-party apps and Single Sign-on providers.
Google Talk Transitioning to Hangouts.
You can now convert text to all CAPS and more in Google Docs!
Calendar events can be generated from Gmail.

Note: Keep in mind that even when non-core apps are found in a core app (like Google Drive), they are not covered by the G Suite for Education agreement.

U-M Box and U-M Google at Enriching Scholarship

4/25/2017

Each year the Collaboration Services team participates in Enriching Scholarship hosted by the Teaching and Technology Collaborative. This year we’re preparing four sessions. Please register and join us when you can! Even if there is a waitlist, register in case others drop a session.

Our sessions are:

We look forward to seeing you there!

U-M Box and U-M Google at Enriching Scholarship

4/25/2017

Our sessions are:

We look forward to seeing you there!

U-M Box and U-M Google at Enriching Scholarship

4/25/2017

Our sessions are:

We look forward to seeing you there!

Calendar Events Generated From Gmail

4/21/2017

You might have noticed that sometimes Google Calendar automatically adds events triggered by your Gmail. The default behavior for Google is to scan incoming mail for events that it thinks can be added your calendar. If you search your mail for , you will find the email that triggered the creation of the Calendar event. You may need to include Trash in your search, if you've deleted it.

If this hasn’t yet happened to you, the first time an event gets added to your calendar automatically, you will get a notification from Google alerting you and giving instructions for turning off the feature. It will have a subject line similar to this:

Subject: An event from Gmail has been added to your Google Calendar

It is possible that the first time this happened it was something you wanted to go on the calendar and did not turn the feature off. You can turn this feature off at any time. However, if you do, all past events added from Gmail will be removed from your calendar. If you turn this setting back on, only events in the future will be added. Here is how you can turn this feature off:

Open Google Calendar.
In the top right, click Settings (gear icon) and then select Settings.
Navigate to Events from Gmail and deselect Add automatically.
Navigate to the top or bottom of the page and click Save.