Google Apps Overview

Gmail

Provides more than 7GB of email quota, mail search tools, and integrated chat using your nd.edu email address
Note: Gmail is the email service for students. Faculty and staff will continue to use Exchange as their primary mail service.

• Overview - 6 min. (requires the free Adobe Flash Player)
• Gmail Help Center
• Mail FAQ - If you choose to use IMAP/POP to access your email, make sure to use yournetid@nd.edu account instead of the username@gmail.com account referenced in Google's instructions.
• Useful Tips
  • Automatically star messages from your professor
  • Don't forget about chat history
  • Plusses in usernames
  • Sending from multiple addresses in one account
  • Customize your web clips
  • Reply by chat
  • Is there a mute button?

Calendar

An online calendar tool that allows you to coordinate meetings, schedule events, and share your calendar with others.

• Overview - 9 min. (requires the free Adobe Flash Player)
• Calendar FAQ
• Useful Tips
  • Check availability with your calendar list
  • Print your daily agenda
  • Create a team calendar

Drive

Upload and store documents and files in a cloud storage space.

• Getting Started
• Video Demo on YouTube
• Drive Help Center
• Permissions

Google+

Share your thoughts, links and photos with the right circles.  Get everyone on the same page with fast, simple group chat.

• Google+ Demo
• Google+ Help Center
• Circles
• Stream
• Google+ Mobile

Docs

Create, share and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in real-time across campus or across the world.

• Overview - 4.5 min. (requires the free Adobe Flash Player)
• Demo Video on YouTube
• Google Docs Help Center
• Useful Tips
  • Color-coded comments
  • Quick collaborative brainstorm!
  • Live meeting minutes
  • Get your team a project dashboard
  • Create a signup sheet for your team, class, or group
  • Collaborate on an essay, proposal, or any sort of team document

Sites

Easy-to-use tools allow users across campus to create their own sites to share information, documents, or other types of media without having to study html or other forms of programming.

• Overview
• Sites Help Center
• Managing Files in Google Sites

Talk

Free text and voice calling around the world.
 

• Talk Overview - 8.5 min. (requires the free Adobe Flash Player)
• Talk Help Center
• Useful Tips
  • I wish I could hear your voice
  • Drag & drop file transfer