Applied Digital Skills is the primary platform all learners will use to enroll in Google classes. These classes are made up of multiple lessons broken out by topic. Each topic has a video and an activity, allowing for hands-on practice. Complete the lessons at your own pace.

• Getting Started with Applied Digital Skills
• DPS Recommended Google Training Classes (Course Codes)

Use these step-by-step guides to learn how to complete these tasks within G Suite.

• Forwarding Gmail Messages to Outlook: As people start sharing documents through Google Drive, they will want all of those sharing notifications to go to one place. Forwarding all emails to Outlook will help simplify that experience.
• Gmail Usage Guidance: Although the district is not ready to fully migrate to Gmail (for .org accounts), individual schools or teams may choose to do so now. If you do, please read this important guidance. 
• Best practices on Sharing within Google Drive: Understand the types of sharing permissions available.
• Google Sheets: Sharing and Collaborating Across Teams: Safe ways to share sensitive/non editable information within Google Sheets.
• Google Hangouts- Open a Hangout Chat/Meet: Open a new Hangout Chat/Meet, start a Hangout Chat/Meet and share your screen.
• Making a Google Form: Make a simple form.
• Opening Microsoft Office Files in Google (PC): User will be able to verify the extension is enabled, set Google as your default app, use Google to access and modify Microsoft Office files, and if needed, save the file as a Google file type.
• Opening Microsoft Office Files in Google (MAC): User will be able to verify the extension is enabled, set Google as your default app, use Google to access and modify Microsoft Office files, and if needed, save the file as a Google file type.
• Importing an Infinite Campus Ad Hoc (.csv) into Google Sheets: User will be able to upload IC Ad Hoc reports into Google Sheets
• Changing Names in Google: User will be able to change their displayed name in Google.

Google has a robust Help Center that provides guides, cheat sheets and steps on how to use all of G Suite's features and functions.

• Google Chrome: Google Chrome is Google’s internet browser. DPS recommends use of this browser to enable best use of all Google functions. 
  
  
• Google Drive: Google Drive allows you to store and synchronize files across devices and to share files with others.
  
  
• Gmail and Calendar: Google’s Gmail and Calendar are available to you through the DPS’ instance of G Suite. (This is what we refer to as your “.net” account.) However, please note, DPS will continue to use Outlook for the Web (your “.org” account) as its primary email and calendar platform. 
  
  
• Google Docs: Google Docs is an online word processing platform. If you’ve used Microsoft Word, you will be comfortable in Google Docs. 
  
  
• Google Sheets: Google Sheets is an online spreadsheet platform. If you’ve used Microsoft Excel, you will be comfortable in Google Sheets. 
  
  
• Google Forms: Google Forms allows you to create forms and survey easily. 
  
  
• Google Slides: Google Slides is Google’s online presentation platform. If you’ve used Microsoft PowerPoint, you will be comfortable in Google Slides. 
  
  
• Google Hangouts Chat and Meet: Chat is Google’s messaging platform, and Meet is Google’s video-conferencing platform. If you’ve used Skype for Business, you’ll quickly become acclimated to these platforms. 
  
  
• Google Keep and Tasks: Google Keep is a note-taking platform and Google Tasks allows you create to-do lists. Both of these are excellent productivity-management platforms - similar to Microsoft's OneNote.