Using Google Workspace
Course Description Overview
In this course, you will use the various apps included in Google Workspace to work productively as part of a team. You will:
- Navigate the Google Workspace environment and use Gmail to send and manage email correspondence.
- Manage schedules using Google Calendar™.
- Communicate with colleagues over text, voice, and video using Google Chat and Google Meet.
- Store and share files using Google Drive.
- Collaborate on documents using Google Docs, Google Slides™, and Google Keep™.
- Collaborate on data using Google Sheets and Google Forms™.
- Collaborate on websites using Google Sites™.
To ensure your success in this course, you should have basic end-user skills with desktop operating systems like ChromeOS™ or Microsoft® Windows®. To obtain this level of skills and knowledge, you can take either of the following United States Career Campus courses:
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 10 (Second Edition)
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 11
You should also have experience using a web browser like Google Chrome™. Experience using other productivity apps, such as those included in the Microsoft 365™ suite, is recommended but not required.
- Any modern desktop operating system (OS) with a graphical interface, such as Microsoft® Windows® 10, Windows 11, ChromeOS™, macOS®, and various Linux® distributions.
NOTE: This course was developed and tested using Windows 10. The course data files are assumed to be installed using the Windows file-path format, but you can adapt these paths to your chosen OS as needed.
- A recent version of a supported web browser: Chrome™, Firefox™, Microsoft Edge™, or Safari®.
NOTE: This course was developed and tested using Chrome, which is the recommended browser.
- If necessary, software for viewing the course slides. (Instructor machine only.)
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:
- Sufficient processor speed, RAM, and storage space for good system performance when running a web browser.
- Mouse, keyboard, microphone, and monitor.
- High-speed, stable Internet connection.
- For the instructor's computer, a method to project and/or share the screen as needed for local and remote class participants.
Lesson 1:Getting Started with Google Workspace
Topic A: Navigate Google Workspace
Topic B: Send and Manage Email Using Gmail
Lesson 2:Managing Schedules Using Google Calendar
Topic A: Create and Manage Events
Topic B: Customize Calendars
Topic C: Create and Share Calendars
Topic D: Create and Manage Tasks
Lesson 3:Communicating Using Google Chat and Google Meet
Topic A: Chat Using Google Chat
Topic B: Participate in Meetings Using Google Meet
Lesson 4:Storing and Sharing Files Using Google Drive
Topic A: Add Files and Folders
Topic B: Manage Files and Folders
Lesson 5:Collaborating on Documents Using Docs, Slides, and Keep
Topic A: Create and Edit Documents Using Google Docs
Topic B: Design Presentations Using Google Slides
Topic C: Take Notes Using Google Keep
Lesson 6:Collaborating on Data Using Sheets and Forms
Topic A: Create and Manage Spreadsheets Using Google Sheets
Topic B: Design Surveys Using Google Forms
Lesson 7:Collaborating on Websites Using Sites
Topic A: Create and Edit Sites
Topic B: Share and Publish Sites