Google Apps
Gmail
All MATC faculty and staff are issued an MATC Gmail account for college communications. Your address will be your MATC network account username@matc.edu. See the MATC Library's Gmail FAQ for details.
If you are unfamiliar with using Gmail, see the Getting Started with Gmail Tutorials and Gmail Help Center. We recommend the following tips:
Turn off Gmail's Conversation View and use the Gmail Search tools.
Check your Gmail's Spam folder for course-related messages sent to spam. If you suspect that you are missing emails sent from Blackboard, see these troubleshooting instructions.
Use Gmail Labels to organize messages.
Add a professional-looking signature to your Gmail settings.
If you want to toggle your Gmail inbox to switch between viewing different accounts, see these instructions.
Finding Messages Sent from Blackboard in Gmail
Emails originating from Blackboard's communication tools will send messages to faculty and student MATC Gmail accounts. If you believe that you did not receive an email sent from the Blackboard system, see these troubleshooting steps. Sometimes Gmail sorts messages sent from Blackboard to spam. You may unmark emails as spam so that new messages sort to your inbox going forwards. Students should use their official MATC Gmail instead of a personal email address to communicate with faculty and departments. This will help ensure a prompt response; messages sent from personal email addresses may sort to spam based on individual MATC Gmail settings.
If you have further questions about your MATC Gmail, see this resource and contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@matc.edu
Google Apps
When you are logged into your MATC Gmail, you will have access to Google Apps. These are web-based, mobile-friendly tools that you can use to create documents, facilitate collaboration with students and more. When you are logged into your MATC Gmail, click on the app icon in the top-right corner of the screen to view and access Google Apps.
Google Apps to Support Teaching & Learning
See the Google Apps Tutorials and the Google Workspace Learning Center for help in using these tools.
Google Calendar - For creating a personal study schedule to manage your time.
Google Keep - A handy note-taking tool and reminder system.
Google Docs - A web-based word-processing program with built-in collaboration tools.
Google Meet - A video conferencing tool that integrates with Google Apps for online collaboration.
YouTube - Search for video tutorials to support learning difficult concepts. Or, create your own YouTube videos.