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G Suite - GMail
Bob Gulick, EdDA video demonstrating the two primary methods for logging into your WLS G Suite Email account.
This video will demonstrator what things you can find on the main screen of Gmail once you log into the system.
This video will demonstrate the three settings changes we recommend all employees make to their Gmail account.
- Reply vs Reply to all
- Turn off conversation mode
- Enable Preview Pane
This video will demonstrate how to create a signature to automatically add to all of your outgoing emails.
This video will demonstrate how to include an image or graphic in your Gmail Signature.
This video demonstrates using formatted text in an email. It also demonstrates how to insert images and things from the clipboard (copy / paste.)
This video demonstrates how you can request read receipts. This is an email back to you that lets you know when someone has opened an email that you have sent.
This video demonstrates how you can cancel sending an email AFTER you have clicked on send. The video will also demonstrate how to increase the time from 5 seconds all the way out to 30 seconds for you to cancel sending an email.
This video will demonstrate how to view, enable, and use keyboard shortcuts while in Gmail.
This video will demonstrate how to add the Gmail app and the Google Calendar app to a cell phone. The video will then demonstrate how to add you WLS G Suite account to the Gmail app. This automatically adds your WLS Calendar to the calendar app. The video also demonstrates how to make a few adjustments to the calendar and how to verify you are sending emails using the correct account.
This video demonstrates how to use the built-in G Suite Groups to send mass emails. Please note that students are now part of our email systems so there is a difference between 'staff mcgregor' and 'all mcgregor'. The first will send the message to staff. The second will send the message to student and staff.
This video demonstrates how to create a desktop icon to go directly to Gmail. Please note you must use Google Chrome Web Browser to create this desktop shortcut.
This video will demonstrate the basics of creating, editing, moving, and deleting labels within Gmail.
This video will demonstrate how to use the WLS- groups to send emails to those groups. If you find you are not in the correct group please submit a Help Desk Ticket to have us add you to the correct group.
An email alias is an alternative email address that people can use to send you an email. Emails sent to your alias will be delivered to your primary email address. This video demonstrates how to verify your email aliases. If you need to add, edit, or delete an email address please submit a Help Desk Ticket.
Need more make the left-hand column (labels / folders area) larger? This video demonstrates how to locate, install, and use a Google Chrome Extension to add a resize feature.
This video demonstrates how to import a list of email addresses into a new Gmail Contacts Group (or label.) Start with a simple list of email addresses. You can use PowerSchool, Google Forms, or any other tool you like to create the list. The first line of the list must be 'email' without quotes. Each line after must have a single email address. The file must be saved as a .CSV file format. Once imported you can edit the label (or group name) of the newly imported list.
This video will demonstrate how to (1) manually enter a new email address into Contacts (2) edit a contact's information (3) add or remove a contact from a label (4) delete individual contacts or entire contact labels.
This video demonstrates how to change the visual display theme when using Gmail. This does not affect how Gmail functions. It only changes the background image.
This video demonstrates how to tell Windows to open email links in Gmail instead of Outlook.
This video demonstrates where to look in Gmail to verify your old Outlook email has been copied. It will also demonstrate how to move labels / folder around. Finally it will demonstrate how to empty the Drafts folder.
This video demonstrates how to create and activate an "Out of Office" or "Vacation" auto responder in G Mail. If anyone sends you an email while this is turned on the system will auto-reply to the sender an email containing your "Out of Office" message. If you provide a start and end date the system will take care of turning itself off and on.