Google Apps

Questions, answers, tips and tricks to using Google Apps in the classroom.

Google Mail:

1. How do I edit email folders within Gmail?
2. How do I import and merge contacts into Gmail?
3. How do I rename and change colors of a Gmail folder?
4. How do I change the theme of my Gmail?
5. How do I update or edit a Gmail contact?
6. How do I create a Gmail Contact?
7. How do I import a colleague's Gmail Contacts into my own?
8. How do I get Gmail notification alerts?  "You've got mail."

Google Doc:

1. Trick:  You can get definitions to words while being in your Google Doc.
2. How do I create a form with information that can merge (mail merge) into a Google Doc?
3. How do I attach a Google document to an email message using Gmail?
4. Tip:  Use the research pane in a Google Doc to help you or a student do research without ever leaving the document.
5. Tip:  Have you ever wondered if your students are cheating on a Google Doc?  This tip will show you how to use the revisions history to see if they were cheating.

Google Presentation:

1. How do I embed a Youtube video directly into my Google Presentation?
2. How do I embed a Google Presentation into my blog or website?

Google Form:

1. How do I create a form with information that can merge (mail merge) into a Google Doc?
2. How do I create a survey within using Google Forms?

Google Spreadsheet:

1. How do I update Google Spreadsheets to the latest edition with the newest features?
2. How do I create a form with information that can merge (mail merge) into a Google Doc?

Google Sites:

1. How do I create a Google Site?
2. How do I add, edit, and delete a news post in my classroom's Google Site?
3. How do I embed my class calendar into my Google Site?
4. How do I create horizontal flyout menus for my navigation bars in Google Site?
5. How do I delete a recent post under an announcement?
6. How do I link to an image in my Google Site?

Google Calendar:

1. How do I create and edit events in my Google Calendar?
2. How do I embed my class calendar into my Google Site?
3. How do I make my calendar events private in my Google Calendar?