Google Workspace for Beginners
Updated · By Robert Breen
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.
The lessons, in order
- 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 account. About 8 minutes.
- 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 share it. About 15 minutes.
- 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. About 12 minutes.
Start lesson 1: What Google Workspace is