Google for Education

What is G Suite for Education?

G Suite for Education is a suite of tools that can help increase the opportunities for critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, all while supporting the learning objectives we have for our students.

Listed below, you will find the most common apps used by MPS.

Google Drive

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google. It allows users to store files on their servers, synchronize files across devices, and share files.

G-Mail

Gmail is a free email service developed by Google.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google. It allows users to create and edit events.

Google Docs

Google Docs is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. It is a very powerful real-time collaboration and document authoring tool. Multiple users can edit a document at the same time, while seeing each others' changes instantaneously. The formats used are compatible with Microsoft Office and Open Office, so you can switch between these programs as needed.

Google Sheets

Google Sheets is a spreadsheet program included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. It allows the user to create, edit and share spreadsheets across any device. With the ability to use complex formulas, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and much more, Sheets has become a leader in today's educational world. All your spreadsheets are automatically saved and stored in Google Drive.

Google Slides

Google Slides is an online presentation app that lets you create and format presentations and work with other people. It allows users to create and edit presentations online while collaborating with other users in real-time. Edits are tracked by user with a revision history that tracks changes to the presentation.

Google Forms

Google Forms is a survey administration app that is included in the Google Drive office suite. It lets you collect information from people via personalized quizzes or surveys. You can then connect the info to a spreadsheet on Sheets to automatically record the answers. The spreadsheet then populates with the responses from the quiz or survey in real-time.