Using Google to support your learning at university
There are many tools available through Google that will support your learning at university. In order to access and use these you will need a Google account. You can easily sign up for one here:
When you have your Google account you will be able to use a number of useful tools:
gmail
It is useful to have a gmail address to use to sign in and give you access to all the other tools available through Google even if you don’t use it for email.
Google Drive
Google Drive allows you to store documents (files, spreadsheets, slides) in the cloud so that they are available to you online. You can also share them with others so that you can work collaboratively to add and edit your work. We might have a shared document in a taught session that you could be asked to contribute to.
Google+ Account
Google+ allows you join Google communities of people with similar interests. We might set up a Google community for a topic or subject that you can join and interact on, sharing ideas and resources. Here is a link to a Google Community set up for FDLT students starting the course in 2015. You can make posts to introduce yourselves and suggest useful resources that you use. You will have to ask to join this community – this is because it is just for you and not for anyone else who happens to find it on Google.
