Understanding Google Basics APPS

Google Earth

A website that allows you to locate homes, buildings, cities, towns, natural features, etc.

Google Classroom

A blended learning platform developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way.

Google Hangouts

A unified communications service that allows members to initiate and participate in text, voice or video chats, either one-on-one or in a group.

Google Chrome

A web browser similar to Internet Explorer and Safari. The main focus is on speed, loads webpages faster than any other web browser.

Google Forms

Ability to create a survey, test, questionnaire, etc, that goes out to people and automatically comes back to you in a spreadsheet.

Google Scholar

a Google search engine for scholarly articles and books that allows searchers to find leading articles in major academic fields

Google Books

a service from Google, Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned and stored in its digital database

Google Sites

a software program that allows users with a valid gmail account to create websites easily using templates.

Google Slides

Google slides is the presentation software used to in place of Powerpoint for group presentations.

Google Chrome Web Store

Google's online store for web applications for Google Chrome or Google Apps. The software allows users to install and run web applications for the Google Chrome browser.

Google Draw

Online drawing program--can be used with other google apps like Google Docs

Google Sheets

The Google spreadsheet app that replaces Microsoft Excel.

Google Meet

Video conferencing app that links directly with Google Classroom.

GMail

An email service provided by Google at mail.google.com

Google Maps

Provides extensive location-specific business information, satellite imagery, up-to-the-minute traffic reports, and Street View.

Google Drive

A free service that provides a virtual drive in the Cloud into which you can create folders and store files. For GSuite for Education accounts, data storage is unlimited.

Google Docs

A free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users.

Google Keep

This app is a virtual bulletin board for taking notes, setting reminders, making to do lists, recording voice notes, etc.