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In this course you will learn to work with Google Drive, Gmail and Google Calendar. You share documents, collaborate in the cloud and manage calendars for efficient online collaboration.

  • Effortless collaboration in the cloud
  • Calendars and documents shared straight away
  • Working more efficiently from any location
  • Short lines of communication within your team
  • Practically applicable in one day

In-company

Recommended number of days: None
Group: up to a maximum of 8 people
Location: In-company, throughout the Netherlands
Language: Dutch or English
Investment: on request
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  5. Gmail: Learning to work with Google Drive and Google Calendar

Want to collaborate more intelligently in the cloud? During this one-day course you'll learn all about Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar. You'll share documents, manage calendars and work effortlessly with colleagues, wherever they are. In one day you'll get the most out of Google Workspace.

Description

More and more organisations are switching to working in the cloud. With Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) you make collaborating, sharing calendars and emailing considerably easier. In this one-day course you will discover the possibilities of Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar.

You'll learn how to share documents, spreadsheets and presentations with colleagues and how to work on them together and simultaneously. Whether your colleagues are in the office or working from home: with Google Drive you keep communication lines short and collaborate clearly.

You will also learn to work with Google Calendar. You invite colleagues to meetings, share calendars and easily keep track of appointments and availability. This saves you time and helps you work together more efficiently. In just one day you will master the basics of Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar, so that you too can make the most of the advantages of working in the cloud.

Topics

  • The possibilities of Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar at a glance
  • Overview of My Drive
  • Sharing documents
  • Upload documents
  • Creating new documents
  • Making changes to a document
  • Collaborating in real time
  • Working with calendars
  • Creating multiple calendars
  • Creating an appointment and inviting colleagues
  • Setting up and sharing a calendar
  • Emailing with Gmail
  • Exporting files to your own PC

Result

After this course you will know how to collaborate effectively with Google Workspace. You share documents, spreadsheets and calendars with colleagues easily, wherever they work. You create new files in Google Drive, edit them together with others and upload or export files to your own computer.

You will also be able to work confidently with Google Calendar. You create multiple calendars, share them with colleagues and effortlessly schedule meetings by sending invitations and managing responses. You also send and manage your email efficiently via Gmail. This keeps communication lines short and allows you to collaborate clearly, whether you are at the office or working from home.

Target audience

This training course is suitable for anyone who works with Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar, or who wants to start doing so. The course is a perfect fit for hybrid working and online collaboration.

Teaching method

During this one-day course you will work practically with Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar in a small group. You work on the basis of clear explanations and recognisable examples from practice, so that you can apply what you have learned directly to your own work.

The trainer takes you through the possibilities step by step and gives you plenty of room to practise yourself. Do you have a question or are you stuck on something? Then you will receive personal guidance. This way you get the most out of your course in a single day and can then collaborate in the cloud independently.

Prior knowledge

No specific prior knowledge is required for this course. Can you handle a computer and do you have basic experience with the internet and email? Then you can join without any problems. Whether you're just starting out with Google or already use it somewhat: you're welcome.

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Language

The training is given in Dutch as standard. The trainer has a good command of English. English-language course material can be used. With a minimum enrolment of 3 participants, the training can also be given entirely in English.

Training formats

In-company

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  • 100% for your group
  • Bespoke training
  • At your place or ours
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Workshop

Up to 4 hours for groups

On request

 

  • Suitable for events
  • Interactive and inspiring
  • Large groups too
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Private training

At our place or yours

On request

 

  • 100% just for you
  • Achieve a lot in little time
  • Whenever you want
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Training formats

In-company

Bespoke training

On request

 

  • 100% for your group
  • Bespoke training
  • At your place or ours
Request a quote

Workshop

Up to 4 hours for groups

On request

 

  • Suitable for events
  • Interactive and inspiring
  • Large groups too
Request a quote

Private training

At our place or yours

On request

 

  • 100% just for you
  • Achieve a lot in little time
  • Whenever you want
Request a quote

Reviews

What others say about this course

Gmail: Working with Google Drive and Google Calendar course reviews - Average score 7.4 out of 2 reviews

  • “Good, and our own input was well accommodated. The trainer provided support in the way that suited us.”

    A. Bronkhorst - Gmail: Working with Google Drive and Google Calendar
    Rating 7.0

  • “The content was tailored to what we asked for. The trainer is knowledgeable, knows what he is talking about and stays calm.”

    T. van Ark - Gmail: Working with Google Drive and Google Calendar
    Rating 7.8

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    Frequently asked questions

    During this one-day course you'll learn to work with Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar within Google Workspace. You'll practise sharing and jointly editing documents, creating and sharing calendars, inviting colleagues to events and sending email via Gmail. Afterwards you'll collaborate efficiently in the cloud.

    The course lasts one day and is delivered in a small group by an experienced trainer. During this day you learn to work with Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar, so that you can get straight to work in practice. The current price and dates can be found on the course page. Course material and a certificate of attendance are included.

    No, no specific prior knowledge is required for this course. You only need to be familiar with the basics of a computer and the internet. The course is suitable for anyone who works with Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar, or who wants to start doing so. The trainer guides you step by step, so that in one day you can work independently with Google Workspace.

    Yes, the Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar course can also be taken in-company. The course is then delivered on site at your organisation, tailored to the way you work together in Google Workspace. Useful if several colleagues want to learn to work with shared calendars, Drive folders and collaborating in documents at the same time.

    During the course you work with three core components of Google Workspace: Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar. You learn to upload, share and jointly edit files in Drive, manage emails efficiently in Gmail and create and share calendars and schedule events in Google Calendar. Exporting copies to your own PC is also covered.

    The course is suitable for anyone who works with Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar, or wants to start doing so, whether in a company or as a self-employed professional. Think of employees, entrepreneurs and teams switching to Google Workspace who want to collaborate more efficiently in the cloud. The course fits in with hybrid and location-independent working and requires no technical prior knowledge.

    The official Google tutorials and YouTube videos are fine if you want to look up individual functions. A classroom course has a different purpose: in one day you learn a working way of collaborating in Google Workspace, tailored to your situation. You practise with a trainer who looks over your shoulder as soon as you get stuck, for example with shared folders, permission structures or sharing a calendar with external parties. You can also ask questions about how your team can best make the switch from Outlook or a local network drive. Choose self-study if you occasionally want to look something up. Choose the course if you want to learn to work structurally with Gmail, Drive and Calendar in a short time, including collaborating on documents and calendar management.

    Both courses cover cloud collaboration, but the tools and working methods differ. Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, Sheets) is entirely browser-based and strongly focused on real-time co-creation: several people work in the same document at the same time without sending files back and forth. Microsoft 365 combines desktop apps (Word, Excel, Outlook) with OneDrive and Teams, which is more convenient for complex Excel models or documents with heavy formatting. Choose this course if your organisation uses Google Workspace or is considering it, or if you are joining an employer that works in Gmail and Drive. If you work in a Microsoft environment, a Microsoft 365 training course is a better fit. The underlying principles (sharing folders, managing permissions, linking calendars) are comparable; the interface and keyboard shortcuts are not.

    This course is aimed specifically at people moving from another email and calendar environment (such as Outlook) to Google Workspace. In one day you'll get to know the practical differences: how labels in Gmail work instead of folders, how to share and manage multiple calendars in Google Calendar, and how to work on a single document with colleagues at the same time in Google Drive. The course is suitable if you work with email, calendars and documents on a daily basis and want to be productive in the new environment quickly. Never worked with cloud applications before? The course still suits you, because we start with the basics. Already working entirely in Google Workspace and looking to go deeper into, for instance, Apps Script or advanced admin settings? Then this course is too basic.

    You can put what you have learned into practice straight after the course day. The course is practical: you practise sharing files yourself, setting permissions (view, comment, edit), working in a document at the same time as colleagues and managing versions. You also schedule meetings via Google Calendar and share calendars with your team. For basic tasks such as sharing a document or creating an event, you will be self-sufficient after one day. For more complex scenarios, such as structuring shared team drives or combining these with Gmail filters, you will need a few weeks of practical experience to build up a routine. Compared with self-study via YouTube, you save time because an experienced trainer answers your questions immediately and you learn from other participants' mistakes.

    Yes, the course focuses on the Google Workspace components Gmail, Drive and Calendar and covers these separately from the other tools your organisation uses. The knowledge you gain about shared documents, permission management and calendar invitations is directly applicable, even if you also work with Slack, Teams or another chat channel. Google Drive integrates with many external services through connections and links, allowing you to share a document in Drive via almost any communication channel. The course does not cover the configuration of Slack or Teams themselves. If you specifically want to learn how to use Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 alongside each other, discuss this in advance. The trainer can then include examples from a hybrid environment.

    Before rolling out a shared folder structure, check three things: the type of storage, the permission levels and the administration. Google Workspace has personal 'My Drive' and 'Shared Drives'; the latter belong to the team rather than to an individual and remain in place when someone leaves. During the course you learn to work with the four sharing permissions: viewer, commenter, editor and owner. Something similar applies to calendars: 'see free/busy only', see appointment details, or make changes yourself. What the course does not cover is the admin console (setting domain-wide policy). Discuss that in advance with your IT administrator, so that the choices you make during the course fit with what is permitted within your organisation.