Resources

Calendar, Tasks & Keep Google Apps

This course is for learners who wish to learn how to use Google's free Calendar, Tasks and Keep Apps.  Learners will learn how to use Google Calendar to set their schedule, create events, and share calendars.  Learners will create Google Tasks that can be viewed directly in their Google Calendar to help keep on track for all of their scheduled items.  Google Keep will focus on how to create checklists and notes to help learners quickly locate items of interest.  They will learn how they can include text, images, websites, emails, and practically anything text-driven item they wish to "keep".  Also, learn to use mobile devices to create "keeps" that will let them record their voice to automatically add both text and audio files to their Google Keep files.

Communicating with Google Apps

Communicating with Google Apps will teach you how to use a variety of Google Workspace applications, including Meet, Chat, Translate, and Lens, to communicate with friends, family, or co-workers over video conferencing and text-based chatting services. You'll also learn how to work with text in different languages, and even talk to another person in another language! Finally, you'll learn how to use Google apps to interpret images to become a better shopper, get homework help, and even translate text in real-time!

Google Forms

This course is for learners who wish to learn how to use Google's free apps for  Google Forms.  Learners will learn how to

●     navigate the interface and create their own forms

●     start a new blank form

●     create one from a pre-set template

●     customise themes to suit their needs

●     add various question styles including short answer, paragraph answer, multiple choice, checkbox, and dropdown list questions

●     make quizzes and assign point values

●     use the side toolbar to add questions in specific locations on the form

●     import questions, and add titles, descriptions, images, and video files

●     preview and send forms to request completion or collaboration with others

●     explore options to make copies, send forms to trash, get links, and print forms

●     examine the responses tab and automated charts for stats related to responses received on your forms

●     link and unlink data to Google Sheets where it can be further manipulated

●     get email notifications when new responses are received on your form and select where you want those responses to go

●     download, print and delete responses received on your form when they are no longer needed

Google Docs

This course is for learners who wish to use Google Apps' free Google Docs to create text-driven documents.  You will learn how to create documents for both your personal and employment tasks. By the end of this course, you will know how to create basic documents such as letters and reports, and more advanced multipage documents with headers, footers, and page numbers. You will also have the skills to showcase your creativity to work with pictures and text to produce impressive-looking flyers, collages, and the like.

Google Sheets

This course is for learners who wish to use Google Apps' free Google Sheets to create numbers and data-driven spreadsheets.  You will learn how to create documents for both your personal and employment tasks. By the end of this course, you will know how to create basic spreadsheets to display and format data, perform calculations, apply Google Sheets built-in functions, create charts and manage data.

Google Slides

This course is for learners who wish to use Google's free Google Slides App to create presentation slides for both personal and employment tasks. By the end of this course, you will know how to create presentations that include text, pictures, bullet lists, and videos.  You will learn how to add movement to your slides using object animation and slide transitions and you will set timings to have your presentations run automatically.  You will be given the opportunity to showcase your creativity and bring your presentation ideas to life! Learners should have basic computer skills to recognize menus and toolbars, mouse actions, and name and locate files.

Maps/Google Earth/Photos

This course is for learners who wish to learn how to use Google's free apps for Maps, Google Earth, and photos.  Learners will learn how to use Google Maps for navigation purposes.  Learners will explore Google Earth for education research, exploration, recreation and more.  Learners will learn about Google Photos and the features including but not limited to the search feature.  The app automatically assigns tags to your photos based on location, facial recognition and type of image.

One and Done - Google Drive

Google Drive keeps your photos and files backed up, protected and synced to all your devices. It makes it simple and safer to share your files. With the Google Drive mobile app, you have access to your files from anywhere. In this course, you will learn how to use this software to upload your files so you can share them with co-workers, friends, and family. Google Drive is an important part of Google Workspace, which is a group of productivity and collaboration tools that allow teams of all sizes to connect, create, and collaborate. Most apps in Google Workspace connect with Google Drive. Learning Google Drive can make you more successful in the workplace, look great on your resume and can help keep your personal digital life organized.