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