On this page, you'll find both quick videos and self-paced videos that can help your users quickly learn the basics of Google Apps Email, Calendar, and Docs.Self-Paced VideosGoogle Mail Level 1 (Basic) Course Description: This course consists of a series of videos for new users of Google Mail.
Google Apps Basics: Email and Calendar (1 hour) Description: Designed for new users, this course is a high-level look at Google Mail and Calendar. In this course, you'll learn about working with email messages, threaded conversations, contacts, labels, and filters. You'll also learn about using your calendar, including how to sync events from Outlook, work with events, and customize the calendar to work for you.
Managing Your Inbox: Gmail Tips and Tricks (1 hour) Description: This course is for users who are ready to move to the next level in understanding Google Mail and using it to its full potential. In this course, you'll take a deeper look at labels, filters, and archiving, and learn how to construct effective searches so you can find any message in your Inbox. You'll also learn some basic tips and tricks that every user should know, as well as get a high-level introduction to the top three email management methodologies, which can help you to effectively manage your Inbox.
The following videos are very brief introductions to using features in Google Mail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Each video has two associated files for play with either Windows Media Player or Apple QuickTime.
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Exploring the Interface
Tour the Google Mail interface, Google's email management application.
Learn to view new messages, perform message actions, monitor your
mailbox capacity, and chat with your contacts online. (4:47 min.)
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Archiving Messages
Archiving moves messages out of your Inbox, which helps you streamline
up your e-mail without having to delete anything. Learn how to archive
messages, retrieve mail from the archive, and monitor your archive
capacity. (2:40 min.)
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Understanding Conversation Threads
Google Mail groups all replies with their original message by creating
a single conversation or thread. Learn how to replay to threads, expand
and collapse conversation threads, and sort messages. (4:11 min.)
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Adding Recipients
Add recipients to an email using Google Mail's contact list or by
entering addresses from scratch. Learn the difference between the To,
CC, and BCC field when addressing an email message. (2:36 min.)
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Sending Attachments
With Google Mail, you can send and receive messages up to 25 megabytes
in size. Learn how to add attachments to messages and preview what
received attachment look like in Google Mail. (3:30 min.)
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Exploring Google Calendar's Interface
Take a tour of Google Calendar's features, including the Quick Add,
which enables you to quickly adding events or tasks to your calendar,
the mini calendar, calendar event color coding, and the ability to
search for events. (4:23 min.)
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Creating New Events
Learn the three methods for scheduling an event in your Google
Calendar including click and drag, the Create Event link, or the Quick
Add link. (2:19 min.)
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Editing and Deleting Events
Learn how to edit the What, When, Where and Description for your
event, delete an event, and send updates to attendees in Google
Calendar. (3:21 min.)
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Creating Repeating Events
Create a meeting that displays at regular intervals as a repeating
event in Google Calendar. Setup events on a daily, weekly, monthly, or
annual basis, or even events that occur bi-weekly or quarterly. (3:17
min.)
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Inviting Guests to Events
Learn how to invite guests to your event from your contact list or
even outside your domain, and control their access to view or modify the
event details. (3:29 min.)
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Introducing Google Docs
Learn about the benefits of the Google Docs architecture for creating,
storing, and collaborating on business documents on the Web. (2:32
min.)
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Creating Documents and Exploring the Interface
Explore the common elements of the Google Docs interface, including
the menus used for creating, formatting, saving, and exporting word
processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. (5:33 min.)
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Sharing Documents with Viewers and Collaborators
Setup a document for sharing and simultaneous editing. Learn how to
view the revision history and revert to previous document states, as
well as set up access permissions to ensure document security. (6:19
min.)
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Creating Spreadsheets and Exploring the Interface
Learn how to create a new spreadsheet document in Google Docs, view
the spreadsheet formatting commands and formulas, insert columns and
rows, add new sheets, and customize the interface. (6:24 min.)
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Creating Forms
Explore the interface of Google Docs' Form application. Learn how to
create new forms, insert different types of form fields such as multiple
choice or scale, add help text, and make form fields required. (8:24
min.)
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Gmail Training, from Boost eLearning, is a complete course
comprised of 14 lessons, printable support tools, and an extensive
index of course content. Built on the fundamentals of adult learning
theory, this course (under 45 minutes in length) will develop the skills
users need to effectively use Gmail. Gmail Training, from Boost eLearning, is continuously updated to stay current as Gmail develops, and is supported with an enterprise quality learning management system. The sample lessons below were updated on 15-October-10. |
Google Self-Paced Videos
Google Mail
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Google Apps Basics: Gmail and Calendar
Designed for new users, this course is a high-level look at Google
Mail and Calendar. In this course, you'll learn about working with email
messages, threaded conversations, contacts, labels, and filters. You'll
also learn about using your calendar, including how to sync events from
Outlook, work with events, and customize the calendar to work for you.
(1 hour) |
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Managing Your Inbox: Gmail Tips and Tricks
This course is for users who are ready to move to the next level in
understanding Google Mail and using it to its full potential. In this
course, you'll take a deeper look at labels, filters, and archiving, and
learn how to construct effective searches so you can find any message
in your Inbox. You'll also learn some basic tips and tricks that every
user should know, as well as get a high-level introduction to the top
three email management methodologies, which can help you to effectively
manage your Inbox. (1 hour) |
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Google Mail Level 1 (Basic) Course This course consists of a series of videos for new users of Google Mail. |
Google Quick Videos
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following videos are very brief introductions to using features in
Google Mail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Apple QuickTime is
required to view the videos. |
Google Mail (Gmail)
Google Calendar
Google Docs
Administrative Assistant Videos
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Setting Up Gmail Delegation
This short video walks Google Apps Administrative Assistants through
the steps required to become a delegate of their supervisor's Gmail
Inbox. (2 min.) Click here to view this video in Windows Media Player format. This video is also close-captioned in the following languages on YouTube: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian and Spanish |
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Setting Up Google Calendar Delegation
This short video walks Google Apps Administrative Assistants through
the steps required to become a delegate of their supervisor's Google
Calendar. (4:20 min) Click here to view this video in Windows Media Player format. This video is also close-captioned in the following languages on YouTube: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian and Spanish |
Google Mail (Gmail)
Google Calendar
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