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Let’s Get Digitalorganize your digital life to plan for success
We’ll touch on basics of
● Gmail
● Google Calendar
● Google Drive
● Docs
● Slides
● Sheets
● Forms
● Trello
● Pomello
Too many apps?
Hide the ones you don’t use.
Gmail
It’s email.By Google.
Sometimes there are just SO. MANY. EMAILS.
Here are some features that will make checking (and replying to) your emails less painful.
Configure Your Inbox: Tabs
Configure Your Inbox: Priority
Filter Unwanted Emails
Delete & never see.
Send to folders & read later.
Filter Unwanted Emails
Google Calendar
It’s a calendar.
By Google.
You have things to do and places to be. How do you keep a track of it all?
Add Events from GmailGmail hyperlinks dates in the body of an email. Clicking on that link adds the event to your calendar.
All in One PlaceYou can keep calendars for multiple Gmail accounts together (if you want to!).
Find a TimeBusy people have busy calendars. See everyone’s calendar in a single window to find a time to meet.
Tasks
Stay on schedule with your task list.
Integrate with Google MapsEnter an address for your appointment in the location and follow Google Maps to get there on time!
UNLIMITED STORAGE with your NCSU account!
Google Docs
Word processing.By Google.
Remember that time you forgot to save your paper? And then the power went out?
That was a bad time.
Google DocsTrack group edits when collaborating
with others with revision history
Google Docs
Suggest edits on collaborative documents
Google Docs“Research” Tool
Google Slides
Presentations.By Google.
Have you ever had problems getting your group together to create that presentation?
Google Slides allows you to collaborate through easy sharing and simultaneous editing.
Google Sheets
Spreadsheets.By Google.
Is it as powerful as Excel or other data analysis softwares? No. But it does all the basics. And it’s free. And it’s anywhere you have a browser. You can work collaboratively with folks and edit together in real time. You can also import from and export to Excel.
Google Forms
Forms.By Google.
Need to collect information from a group? Need to make an RSVP list? Get feedback about your event.
Customize it● Change your color scheme● Add images● Include a video
Export dataDownload your data into Google Sheets or Excel to clean and filter your data
TrelloOrganize your to do lists
Make multiple boards
Make a board for work, or your personal life, or per project
Break it down
Make lists on each board
Check your progress
Manage tasks in each list
Pomello
Add a timer to your Trello
Pomello● Choose a task
● Time your work
● Track productivity