Google Workspace

If you are new to Google Workspace, Google offers quick videos and product guides to help you get started. There are tips & tricks in the "teacher's lounge", and an eight-week email series to share tutorials, click to subscribe here. Below are some of the product guides that might be most helpful to Waukee CSD staff starting out with Google Workspace.

Google's Product Guides:

• Google Docs

• Google Forms

• Google Sheets

• Google Sites

• Google Slides

• Other Product Guides to Explore

"Across our productivity suite, advances in AI are already helping 3 billion users save more time with Smart Compose and Smart Reply, generate summaries for Docs, look more professional in meetings, and stay safe against malware and phishing attacks.

We’re now making it possible for Workspace users to harness the power of generative AI to create, connect, and collaborate like never before. To start, we’re introducing a first set of AI-powered writing features in Docs and Gmail to trusted testers." 

"With these features, you’ll be able to:

• draft, reply, summarize, and prioritize your Gmail

• brainstorm, proofread, write, and rewrite in Docs

• bring your creative vision to life with auto-generated images, audio, and video in Slides

• go from raw data to insights and analysis via auto completion, formula generation, and contextual categorization in Sheets

• generate new backgrounds and capture notes in Meet

• enable workflows for getting things done in Chat"

“A new era for AI and Google Workspace.” Google Workspace, Google, https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/generative-ai. March 17, 2023.

Learn more about the Anywhere School Updates from Google here and get a quick overview from the sketch notes below!

Some new & improved features you might be interested in from Google

• Live stream public events directly to YouTube: Live stream Meet video calls to the public via YouTube for events like school assemblies and much more.

• Individualized accessibility preferences: Previously, these preferences were shared across all Workspace tools, meaning users needed to continuously turn them on and off. Now, accessibility features, like high contrast mode, will automatically work in Docs, Sheets, and Slides, without needing to turn on an Editor-specific preference.

• Alt-text in Gmail: You can now add alt-text to your images in Gmail. This allows people to add context for an image, making it accessible for people using screen readers and helping them better understand exactly what is being shared