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Google Apps for Business

Course Duration: One Day

Target Audience:

This course is aimed at existing users of office applications like Microsoft Word who have migrated or are planning on migrating to Google Drive and Google Apps.

Course Objectives:

To introduce participants to the options available on Google Drive and to ensure that participants finish the session feeling comfortable in beginning to work with Google’s various office applications.

Course Outline:

Course Introduction

Google Drive

  • Accessing Google Drive
  • Working with files
  • Purchasing additional storage space
  • Finding files
  • Sharing files
  • Working with revisions and suggested edits
  • Using Google Drive on a mobile device

Google Docs

  • What can you do with Google Docs?
  • Creating, naming, saving, and editing docs
  • Working with content
  • Copying, renaming, and moving docs
  • Publishing docs on the web
  • Sharing docs
  • Translating docs
  • Using Google Docs on a mobile device
  • Comparisons with Microsoft Word

Google Sheets

  • Create or import a spreadsheet
  • Add content
  • Customise formats and fonts
  • Work with rows and columns
  • Work with multiple sheets
  • Share and Collaborate
  • Print and Download
  • Basic Calculations
  • Comparison with Microsoft Excel

Google Slides

  • What can you do with Google Slides?
  • Create or import a slide presentation
  • Add and edit content
  • Choose a Theme
  • Arrange slides
  • Add transitions and animations
  • Share and collaborate
  • Present and download slides
  • Comparisons with Microsoft PowerPoint

Google Forms

  • What can you do with Google Forms?
  • Build a new form
  • Design a form and add questions
  • Edit an existing form
  • Distribute, or send, a form
  • Collect and analyse responses
  • View response summaries
  • Download responses
  • Store and / or print a form

Google Maps

  • What can you do with Google Maps?
  • Create a new map
  • Change the map type
  • Add points and areas
  • Add descriptions
  • Share map with links, code, or through Google Maps
  • Store, edit and update maps

Discussion and Question Time

Please contact us today if you have any questions about our Google Apps Courses. We offer both classroom and virtual training options. Contact us at +353 1 279 0020 or Email us at sales@olas.ie

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