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.

• Take actions on your notebooks from Gemini Notebook directly in the Gemini app
  October 23, 2026
  Gemini Notebook is now also available as a Connected App in the Gemini app. This new integration allows you to manage and query notebooks directly within your chats using natural language.You can type @Gemini Notebook in a Gemini chat to quickly create new notebooks, add sources to a notebook, save […]
• Extract audio tracks in Google Vids
  October 23, 2026
  We are introducing the ability to decouple and extract the audio track from video clips directly within Google Vids. By separating audio from video, creators gain granular control over multimedia editing, making it simple to custom-tailor voiceovers, remove distracting background noise, and align tracks across scenes.Previously, video tracks could only […]
• Adjust video clip playback speed directly in Google Vids
  October 23, 2026
  We are introducing the ability to adjust the playback speed of individual video clips directly within Google Vids. This update gives creators precise control over pacing and scene timing, streamlining video editing so teams can optimize storytelling, improve audience engagement, and deliver polished messages without relying on third-party editing software.Whether […]
• Google Vault now supports filtered exports for Gemini in Workspace
  October 22, 2026
  Google Vault now supports eDiscovery filtered exports for Gemini in Workspace. This update adds a new data source to our AI compliance capabilities, allowing administrators to filter and export users' Gemini in Workspace conversations across apps like Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet in line with the security controls […]
• Real-time speech translation in Google Meet expands to 63 languages with automatic language detection
  October 22, 2026
  Gemini-powered speech translation in Google Meet will now support 63 languages across web and mobile devices (Android and iOS), with listening support on Google Meet hardware devices.Previously, speech translation supported a limited set of language pairs and required configuring a single language pair for the entire meeting. With this update, […]