Google Calendar, Meet, and Chat Essentials

In this Bigger Brains course, you’ll learn how to use Google Calendar, Meet, and Chat to stay organized, connected, and productive, especially if you’re new to Google Workspace. You’ll explore how to navigate Google Calendar, customize settings, add recurring events, set focus time, and share or subscribe to calendars with the right permissions. You’ll also learn how to create and manage booking pages to simplify scheduling and coordination. 

You’ll see how Google Meet supports real-time collaboration, including starting calls from multiple locations, adding Gemini to a call, identifying in-meeting tools, sharing documents, and setting meeting options. You’ll also see how to create and manage chats, add files, sites, or recordings, manage notification settings, and create Google Spaces for team-based collaboration. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to use Google Calendar, Meet, and Chat together to improve communication, streamline work, and collaborate with confidence. 

Topics covered include: 

• Accessing and navigating Google calendar 

• Modifying settings 

• Creating and customizing meetings 

• Adding recurring items 

• Sharing a calendar and setting permissions 

• Subscribing to a calendar and adding calendars 

• Creating and managing a booking page 

• Adding Gemini to a call 

• Sharing a document during a call 

• Setting meeting and notification options 

• Creating and managing chats 

• Adding files, sites, or recordings to a chat 

• Managing notification settings 

• Defining and creating Google spaces 

Enjoy award winning HD content in the “Uniquely Engaging”TM Bigger Brains Teacher-Learner style! Taught by top subject matter experts, Bigger Brains courses are professionally designed around key learning objectives and include captions and transcripts, downloadable handouts, and optional LinkedIn digital badges on course completion.