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.

• Google Workspace Weekly Recap – November 13, 2026
  November 13, 2026
  Quickly confirm system-applied classification labels in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and SlidesWe’re making it faster to confirm automatically applied classification labels in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Previously, files labeled by AI classification or default classification rules only showed a Review button in the top banner. Now, when a […]
• Publish a Sheets canvas as a standalone link
  November 11, 2026
  Earlier this year we introduced Sheets canvas, which uses Gemini to turn spreadsheet data into interactive mini-apps like dashboards, kanban boards, and calendars. Starting today, you can publish a Sheets canvas directly to its own link, granting others read-only access to interact with the mini-app without sharing the full source […]
• Organize and communicate complex information with numbered and nested lists in Google Chat
  November 11, 2026
  You can now use numbered lists and nested lists in your Google Chat messages. Numbered lists work well for step-by-step instructions, rankings, and agendas. Nested lists let you break a main point into smaller details, which helps for meeting notes, project plans, and status updates.You can mix bulleted and numbered […]
• Expanding Gemini in Gmail to more Google Workspace users
  November 10, 2026
  We’re expanding the availability of some Gemini in Gmail features to more Google Workspace users aged 18 and older. Previously available to consumer accounts and specific Workspace editions, these tools are now being brought to the core Workspace experience by expanding availability to all Workspace users 18 years and older […]
• Schedule meetings in a single click from conversations in Google Chat
  November 10, 2026
  With help from Gemini, we’re making it easier than ever to schedule meetings directly from conversations in Google Chat.When someone in a Chat conversation with up to five members suggests finding a time to meet, using a phrase such as “Are you free tomorrow afternoon to go over the proposal?” […]