This document discusses Google Apps, a suite of free collaboration and communication tools provided by Google including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, Google Talk, iGoogle, Google Video, YouTube, Picasa, and Google Groups. It provides links to tutorials, help pages, and videos about setting up and using each of the applications. The final slides showcase an example Google Site that can be created for free within a single Google account.

1. iGoogle. uGoogle?
Nellie Chew
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2. A $0 Solution?
• Google Apps!
– Communicate & Connect
• Google Mail (Gmail)
• Google Talk
• Google Calendar
– Collaborate & Publish
• Start Page (iGoogle)
• Google Docs
• Google Video (& YouTube)
• Google Sites
• Read about their $0 solution:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/org/index.html
• Watch~ Google Apps here
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleApps
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3. Did you know?
http://blog.compete.com/2006/10/05/youtube-googlevideo-site-lonelygirl15-
traffic-growth-2006/
• Now they are ONE~
– http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html
– http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_buys_youtube.php
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4. Google Docs for Teachers
• Watch what they have to say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM
• More Ideas for Teachers:
https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134592
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5. iGoogle
your personalized Google homepage
• Just type igoogle at address bar, sign in & customize~
• Read help: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/?hl=en
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6. Google Apps
You may wish to watch an interactive Online Tutorial to start:
http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews/welcome/topicWelcome/index.html
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7. Gmail
your Google email
• Just type mail.google.com at address bar
• Unfortunately, you MUST create a @gmail.com account to use
gmail features…
• Or, you can always set your non-gmail e.g. @hotmail.com as
your secondary account :P
• Otherwise, just keep using your usual email and use all other
Google features :D
• Read help:
http://mail.google.com/
support/?hl=en
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8. Google Calendar
your online shareable calendar
• Just type calendar.google.com at address bar
• Read help: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/?hl=en
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9. Google Groups
your user-owned group
• Just type groups.google.com at address bar
• Read help: http://groups.google.com/support/?hl=en
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10. Google Docs
your own Google-powered documents
• Just type docs.google.com at address bar
• Read help: https://docs.google.com/support/?hl=en
• View YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/googledocscommunity
• Add to iGoogle~
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11. Picasa & Picasa Web Albums
your online photo & video albums & desktop
editor!
• Just type picasa.google.com to download Picasa 3 for photo
organizer, editor and upload tool~
• Or picasaweb.google.com for online web albums~
• Read help: http://picasa.google.com/support/?hl=en
• Watch Picasa 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M
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12. Google Sites
your FREE website!
• Just type sites.google.com at address bar
• Read help: http://sites.google.com/support/?hl=en
• View examples here: http://www.google.com/sites/overview.html
• Add file attachments, information from other Google
applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, YouTube and
Picasa), and new free-form content~
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13. Watch how to create a Google Site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD-4FRTzxkI
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14. Take an interactive online tutorial
http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews/welcome/topicSites/index.html
Note you can take the online tutorials for the other Google Applications too~
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15. Perhaps something like this…
http://sites.google.com/site/nelliesite/
Within your One Google Account, you may create more than one Google Site
(e.g. 1 for personal website, 1 for group website)
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