Google Tip of the Week #1

As we as a district roll out our Google Apps for Education tools, I thought it might be relevant to share a Google Tip of the week.  There are so many tips and tricks that can be used with GAFE that it is nearly impossible to highlight them all in a professional development training session...hence, their inclusion on my blog!  My current plan is to highlight a tip/trick each week...sometimes the tip will be in blog post form...sometimes in video form--whatever works best for that particular week!  The tip/trick will be short in nature--I promise no more than one paragraph or a one minute video!!

So...without further ado...Google Tip of the Week #1 comes from the Mail feature...

If you use other email clients, your email is organized by message.  Google, on the other hand, is set up to be organized by conversation instead.  That means that when you (or someone else) replies to an email message, all of the messages regarding that same subject line are grouped together.  While that is a very handy feature, you are able to switch back to the "old way" of organizing by message if you would like.  Once you are logged into your Google mail, look for the settings icon in the upper right corner...click on the gear and then select "Settings":

Your settings page should load to the "General" tab...scroll down until you find the "Conversations" option:

Turning off the conversation view returns your email to separating emails individually while turning it on has emails with the same topic (same subject line and same reply string) grouped together.

Hope this helps you to personalize your Google Mail experience!