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Category: Gmail
How to Set Up Canned Responses in Gmail
How to set up canned responses in Gmail. Create Gmail Automatic Responses easily, it is built right into Gmail.
4 Things to Check in Google Contacts
I bet you have not checked out Google Contacts in awhile. It is streamlined and has some great features worth checking out.
Mergo – Mail Merge for Gmail
Mergo Add on to send mail merge from Gmail out of Google Sheets
7 Steps to Clean Up Your Gmail
It is the end of the year and your Gmail is not ready for summer vacation. Try these 7 steps
5 Things to Click On When Sending Gmail
Explore Sending an Email in Gmail Sending an email seems easy enough… but sometimes it is not obvious that features are hiding under your nose. Try these 5 things when writing an email. 1) Click the To When composing a message it is not obvious that the word “To” does anything. Clicking on the word…
Teach Email Subject Line
Eliminate No Subject How often do I get an email from students, including my college students, that has no subject line at all? Or something that does not help me to prioritize the email? I am sure like me, this drives you nuts. Medium Choices We have lots of medium choices when we assign students…
Gmail: Default Reply Behavior
Avoid reply all! Go into the settings of Gmail and set the default to reply to sender instead of reply to all as the default.
Gmail: Auto Advance Your Productivity
Enable Auto-Advance in the Settings I have my Gmail set to filter Google Classroom Private Comments. Interacting with students is my top priority. I set up Priority inbox so there is a section in my email with the Private Comments. My work flow is to open the email, hold down the Control key, click on…
Gmail: Change the Subject Line
Change the Subject Line in Your Email Conversations Gmail groups conversations. This is awesome and terrible. Having conversations of emails together is really handy until it gets out of control and you can’t find the conversation. What groups a conversation together in Gmail is having the same subject line. If two different people send you…
Do Not Be “That Guy” – Do Not Reply (All)
BCC Use It I am sure like me you have been the victim of Reply All in an email sent to a lot of people. I challenge you today to show at least one person the BCC line in an email. Many people do not know about it! It was not something taught to me…
Filter Gmail for Google Classroom
Filter for emails from Google Classroom First, I highly recommend you do NOT turn off notifications from Google Classroom. Instead, manage the email notifications through filters. Consistent Text The trick to filters is to have consistent text that appears in each email that you can filter for. No matter the Google Classroom notification, all of…
You There…. Filter Your Gmail
Filter Gmail G Suite users, it’s essential you are master of filtering your Gmail! Your productivity (and may I add happiness) will increase exponentially! Search Gmail Gmail is by Google so obviously, Gmail has a search box. Search for a name, email address, subject line, or text from an email. From your search, we will…
Gmail Shortcuts [Infographic]
Infographic of Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts Link to infographic Turn On Keyboard Shortcuts Unlike the other Google Apps you need to enable keyboard shortcuts in Gmail. Click on the settings cog and choose “Settings.” Scroll down in the settings a bit to find the option to turn on keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard Shortcuts Send The trick is…
Teaching Email Signatures by @dyerksjr1
Teach Students to Create Gmail Signatures Guest Blog Post by Don Yerks On October 1, 2017, I received an email from a student asking me to check on an assignment. To my amazement, she had placed a “Signature” in the message area of the email. When I saw her in class the next day, I…
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