Google Workspace for Beginners
Learn Google Workspace from zero: Drive, sharing and Docs, your first Google Sheets job tracker, and what Gemini can do in Sheets, Gmail and Docs…
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Free google workspace training
Learn Google Workspace from zero: Drive, sharing and Docs, your first Google Sheets job tracker, and what Gemini can do in Sheets, Gmail and Docs. Free lessons.
For owners and office staff at small businesses, and anyone whose team lives in Gmail and Google Sheets and wants fewer copies, fewer mistakes and less retyping.
Google Workspace is Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet working as one set. Plenty of small businesses already use the free versions with personal Gmail addresses, and pay for it in quieter ways: files that leave when an employee does, links shared with "anyone" by accident, and a job list nobody trusts because three people keep their own copy.
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Google Workspace for Beginners
Learn Google Workspace from zero: Drive, sharing and Docs, your first Google Sheets job tracker, and what Gemini can do in Sheets, Gmail and Docs. Free lessons.
Google Workspace courses
Short series of lessons in order, from the basics to doing the real thing in a free tool.
Every lesson
Each lesson opens with a real business problem, works through it with real numbers and ends with a quick quiz.
Google Workspace Explained: Apps, Drive, Sharing, Free vs Paid
What Google Workspace includes, where files should live (My Drive vs shared drives), how sharing settings work and what a paid plan adds over a free…
Google Sheets Tutorial: Build a Job Tracker That Totals Itself
A beginner Google Sheets tutorial: build a job tracker with a frozen header, a status drop-down, SUMIF totals, color rules and a filter view, then…
Gemini in Google Workspace for Beginners: Sheets, Gmail, Docs
What Gemini does inside Google Sheets, Gmail and Docs, which accounts include it, how to word a request and how to check the answer before you use it.
The google workspace glossary
Plain-English definitions with worked examples.
Glossary: 12 terms
- Assigned comment (action item)
An assigned comment is a comment in Google Docs, Sheets or Slides that is given to a specific person as an action…
- Data validation (drop-down lists)
Data validation is a rule on a cell or range in Google Sheets that limits what people can enter, most often a…
- Filter view (Google Sheets)
A filter view is a saved set of sort and filter settings in Google Sheets that changes only what you see. Several…
- Freeze rows and columns
Freezing rows or columns in Google Sheets keeps them fixed on screen while the rest of the sheet scrolls, so the…
Do the repetitive parts with AI
Stepthrough started as free AI training. The AI at work lessons show how to hand the repetitive parts of google workspace work to AI tools, step by step, and the AI glossary explains the AI words in plain English.
Frequently asked questions
Is the google workspace course really free?
Yes. All 3 lessons, the 12-term glossary are free, with no sign-up and no credit card.
Do I need any experience?
No. Owners and office staff at small businesses, and anyone whose team lives in Gmail and Google Sheets and wants fewer copies, fewer mistakes and less retyping. Every lesson starts with a real business problem and works through it step by step.
How long does it take?
About 35 minutes for all 3 lessons. Each one is short enough to finish in one sitting and ends with a quick quiz.
Can AI help with google workspace?
Often, for the repetitive parts. Stepthrough's free AI lessons at https://learn.ynteractive.com/ai show how to hand that work to AI tools, step by step.
Ready? Lesson 1 takes about 8 minutes
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