Google Apps For End-User

Course Description

Your organization has made a decision to deploy Google Apps Email, Docs or Sites.
In order to ensure a successful project you need to ensure that your employees are fully aware of the capabilities of Google Apps and how to take advantage of the new features and facilities of Google's online service.
You are also aware that some features which your employees have used in previous applications which may not be available in Google Apps or where the same result is achieved in a different way.

Course Topics

Module 1: Getting Started with Google Apps

• Signing Up for a Google Account
• You're All Signed Up—Now What?
• Managing Your Google Account
• The Google Toolbar

Module 2: Word Processing with Google Docs

• Before You Start: Browser Requirements
• Welcome to Google Docs: A Quick Tour
• Customize Your Setup with Google Docs Settings
• Getting Your Docs into Google
• Ready, Set, Write: Working with Documents
• Editing Documents Offline
• Sharing and Collaborating on Documents
• Organizing and Finding Documents

Module 3: Working with Docs Spreadsheets

• Getting Started with Google Docs Spreadsheets
• Creating a Spreadsheet
• Formatting a Spreadsheet
• Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns
• Working with Multiple Sheets
• Adjusting Cell Sizes
• Timesaving Data Entry Tricks
• Checking Your Spelling
• Inserting Images
• Sorting Data
• Formulas and Functions
• Labeling Cells and Columns with Range Names
• Working with Charts
• Displaying Data with Gadgets
• Printing a Spreadsheet
• Deleting a Spreadsheet
• Sharing and Collaborating on Spreadsheets
• Turn Back Time: Your Spreadsheet's Revision History

Module 4: Creating Slideshow Presentations

• Getting Started with Google Docs Presentations
• Creating a Presentation
• Editing a Presentation
• Previewing a Presentation
• Printing a Presentation
• Deleting a Presentation
• Sharing and Collaborating on Presentations
• Turn Back Time: Your Presentation's Revision History

Module 5: Gmail: Email Google-Style

• Welcome to Gmail: A Quick Tour
• Reading and Filtering Email
• Writing and Sending Email
• Organizing and Searching Your Email
• Dealing with Spam
• Contacts: Your Gmail Address Book
• Customizing Gmail: Your Settings Options

Module 6: Keeping in Touch with Google Talk

• Getting Started with Google Talk
• Launching Google Talk Manually
• Working with Your Friends List
• Sending and Receiving Messages
• Transferring Files
• Inviting Web Site Visitors to Chat with You
• Signing Out of Google Talk
• The Google Talk Gadget: Taking Talk with You
• Google Talk and Gmail
• Making Free Voice Calls over the Internet

Module 7: Tracking Schedules with Google Calendar

• Getting Started with Google Calendar
• Creating a Calendar
• Working with Calendars
• Using Google Calendar with Other Calendar Programs
• Google Calendar on the Go
• Calendar Tricks for Google Apps Users

Module 8: iGoogle: Google Your Way

• Creating an iGoogle Page
• Customizing iGoogle
• Customizing, Sharing, and Creating Gadgets
• Organizing iGoogle Pages with Tabs
• Making iGoogle Your Home Page
• iGoogle and Google Applications

Module 9: One-Click Web Design with Page Creator

• Getting Started with Page Creator
• Creating Your First Web Page
• Site Manager
• Editing and Designing Web Pages
• Publishing a Web Page
• Creating Multiple Web Sites