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Google Workspace Essentials

Set up your Google account safely, get the most out of Gmail, Calendar, Chat and Meet, share files at the right level every time, and use Gemini in Workspace with good judgment.

8 lessons · about 68 minutes · pass at 80% · certificate does not expire

What you will be able to do

  • Secure your Google account with 2-Step Verification and recovery options, and tell a real Google sign-in prompt from a fake one.
  • Use Gmail's search, labels, snooze, schedule send and undo send to keep your inbox under control.
  • Schedule and run meetings in Calendar and Meet with a clear agenda and the right guest permissions.
  • Choose the right app for the job among Gmail, Chat, Meet and Calendar, and use Chat spaces well.
  • Share files in Drive at the correct level (viewer, commenter, editor), understand link settings, and respond correctly to external-sharing warnings.
  • Use Gemini in Workspace to draft, summarize and find information while checking its output and keeping sensitive data where it belongs.

Lessons

  1. Your Google account and 2-Step Verification

    Your work Google account is the key to everything else. Lock it with a second step, set recovery options, and learn to tell a real Google prompt from a fake one. · 8 min

  2. Gmail that saves you time

    Five Gmail features do most of the work: search operators, labels and filters, snooze, schedule send, and undo send. Learn when each one fits. · 9 min

  3. Calendar: scheduling that sticks

    A good invite answers why, who, when and what to read first. Learn to build one in Calendar, attach an agenda, and set guest permissions so the meeting runs itself. · 8 min

  4. Chat and Meet basics, and which app for which job

    Email, Chat, Meet and Calendar each do one thing well. Learn the rule for picking the right one, and the Chat habits that keep a small team sane. · 8 min

  5. Drive and the sharing model

    Every file in Drive has a list of who can do what. Learn the three access levels, when to use each, and how to read a sharing panel in five seconds. · 10 min

  6. Link settings and external sharing

    Links are convenient and dangerous in equal measure. Learn what each link setting really does, how to share with people outside the company safely, and what to do when Workspace warns you. · 8 min

  7. Gemini in Workspace

    Gemini can draft, summarize and find things inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive and Meet. Learn what it is good at, how to check its work, and which data must never go into a prompt. · 9 min

  8. The meeting lab

    A walkthrough of the lab: schedule a meeting with an agenda attached and shared at the right level, then spot and fix an over-shared file in a sharing panel. · 8 min

  9. Assessment: The meeting lab

    Schedule a meeting with an agenda document attached and shared at the right level with the right people, then fix an over-shared file.

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