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 – August 28, 2026
  August 28, 2026
  Now available: A refreshed user interface for Google Meet hardware touch controllers on Neat and Poly devicesOn August 26, 2026, we are officially launching our updated user interface for Neat touch controllers and  the Poly TC8. Overall, the design allows users to concentrate on their meetings rather than searching for […]
• Gemini-based data classification in Google Drive is now available in open beta
  August 28, 2026
  Gemini-powered AI classification in Google Drive is now available in open beta.By automating file identification and labeling across Drive, AI classification helps organizations enforce granular data loss prevention (DLP) policies at scale, establish retention rules, and utilize label metadata during audit investigations. This also becomes a critical aspect in elevating […]
• Preview client-side encrypted PDF and image files directly in Google Drive, now available in beta
  August 28, 2026
  Client-side encryption (CSE) provides organizations control over access to their confidential data, with customer controlled encryption keys and data that is indecipherable to third-parties, including Google. Google Drive now supports direct file previewing for CSE files. Previously, users needed to download encrypted non-native files to their local devices to view […]
• Suppress email responses to calendar invitations and updates
  August 28, 2026
  We’re introducing a new per-event setting in Google Calendar that allows meeting organizers or their delegates to decide whether or not to receive RSVP emails and automatic responses, such as out-of-office messages and vacation responders.By default, this new setting, called “Get an email when guests respond,” is checked – ensuring […]
• Improving Google Calendar’s interoperability with third-party video conferencing solutions
  August 27, 2026
  We are introducing improvements to Google Calendar that make it easier to join third-party video meetings, including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Cisco Webex, when collaborating across different calendar and email clients.Specifically, users may notice:A better join experience for external recipients (for outgoing invitations): When you send a Google Calendar invitation […]