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EDUC 439/639: Google Workspace

You will be happy to discover that you do not necessarily need to purchase any textbooks for use in this course, because your course instructor has selected resources that are available freely online.

Google Workspace Overview

The best place to start is the Google Workspace Overview. After surfing it, you will be able to understand the Google Workspace Comparison page that compares the options of getting Google Workspace Basic, Google Workspace for Business, or Google Workspace for Education, which provides schools with many of the business options for free. Study the synopsis of Google Workspace services. There is also a version of Google Workspace for Nonprofits.

Google Workspace Tutorials

To learn more about the Google Workspace services, complete the following tutorials:

Google Workspace Learning Center

At the Google Workspace Learning Center is Google's official mechanism for learning how to use Google Workspace.

Google's Training Center

In addition, Google provides free tutorials covering a wide range of topics at the Google for Education Teacher Center.

Google Workspace YouTube Channel

As you might expect, given that Google owns YouTube, Google has created a YouTube channel for learning how to use Google Workspace. To peruse Google's video tutorials, follow this link to the Google Workspace YouTube Channel.

Google Workspace Marketplace

Explore the Google Workspace Marketplace for third-party applications that can extend your deployment of Google Workspace. Follow this link to Wikipedia's Google Workspace Marketplace article.

Google Workspace Help Center

The gateway to Google's online assistance for end users is this Google Workspace Help Center. Particularly applicable to this course is the Google Workspace Administrator Help Center.

Google Workspace Update Feed

Google is constantly working on new features across all of its G Suite components. To keep updated on G Suite features, subscribe to the Google Workspace Update Blogs.

Google Code

To peruse Google's application programming interfaces (APIs) for developing your own apps, follow this link to the G Suite APIs Library.

Computers

To complete the hands-on computer assignments, each student will need access to a multimedia computer (Windows or Macintosh) that is connected to the Internet via the latest version of either Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Microsoft Edge.

Computer Accounts

Every University of Delaware student automatically receives an e-mail account. You should visit www.udel.edu/network to manage your password, username, and quotas.

Computer Sites

All students registered in this class have the option of using the multimedia PCs and Macs in the campus computing sites. Use sites.udel.edu/computingsites to link to the general access site schedule. Please note that the use of the campus computing sites is totally optional in this course. If you have your own computer and Internet connection, you may never need to use the campus computing sites.

E-mail Addresses

Every student in this class must have an e-mail address on the Internet and read e-mail regularly. If you're enrolled in a University of Delaware course, and you do not have an e-mail account yet, go to the help center and follow the e-mail link for detailed instructions on how to activate your e-mail account. If you do not read your UD mail regularly, you should go to www.udel.edu/network and follow the instructions to forward your e-mail to your preferred e-mail address.