Google Workspace

Wake Forest is a Google Workspace for Education Plus school, which means that our campus community has access to an integrated suite of secure, cloud-native collaboration and productivity apps powered by Google AI. These tools and features help the campus community realize the value of collaborating with each other and sharing useful information.

The Google Workspace application suite provides access to powerful tools to enhance academic and professional success, including:

Google Calendar: plan meetings with colleagues in this scheduler, the preferred choice for faculty and staff

Google Classroom: utilize as an additional tool for creating courses and assessments

Google Docs: create, edit, and share documents, collaborating in real time and saving to the cloud

Google Drive: store, organize, open, and edit your files securely all from one place

Gmail: access your Wake Forest email while staying connected with Chat and Rooms or with Contacts in your side panel

Google Groups: create a discussion group and manage members

Google Meet: schedule, host, and join video calls from Gmail or Calendar, without having to download a desktop app

Google Sites: create websites using an easy drag and drop functionality and a collaborative editing platform

Check out Google’s support site to explore more features.

In addition to these applications, our account supports:

• Cloud search: quickly find what you need by searching your files and across Wake Forest’s content in Google Workspace. 
• Unlimited originality reports: help students properly cite sources, and help professors find plagiarism, in Assignments, which can integrate with Canvas!

Google Workspace Updates

courtesy of googleblog.

• Convert rubric files and images into Google Classroom rubrics with help from Gemini
  June 8, 2026
  Building on our October launch, Gemini in Google Classroom can now help educators more easily convert rubric files and images into Google Classroom rubrics, right within the assignment creation workflow. Educators can now upload more file types, such as .jpeg and .png files. For example, by uploading a photo of […]
• Request lightweight document alignment with approvals in Google Drive
  June 8, 2026
  Google Drive is introducing alignment approvals, a lightweight mechanism that allows teams to request and record document sign-offs without file changes resetting the approval flow. When a document is in a partially approved state, collaborators can continue making edits without resetting any recorded approver decisions.Alignment approvals can be initiated via […]
• Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – June 5, 2026
  June 5, 2026
  Organize My Files in Drive now generally availableIn October 2025, we launched a beta for Organize My Files in Drive. This feature is now generally available and has started rolling out to eligible Google Workspace and Google AI plans. | Learn more about how Organize My Files in Drive is […]
• New iOS device management settings now generally available in Google Endpoint Management
  June 4, 2026
  We’re introducing an expanded set of native Apple Mobile Device Management (MDM) settings to Google Endpoint Management, providing administrators with more granular control over how iOS devices are configured and secured. These new settings—spanning categories such as Apps and Services, Device Features, Data Sharing, and Backup & iCloud Sync, etc—allow […]
• Gmail as a source in Ask Gemini in Drive now generally available
  June 3, 2026
  Gmail sources in Ask Gemini in Drive is now generally available and has started rolling out to eligible Google Workspace and Google AI plans.Ask Gemini in Drive offers a dedicated, immersive workspace designed for deep focus. Users can engage in high-context, multi-turn conversations to efficiently explore and understand content.Previously, users […]