This page provides the official Google guides for making the best use of the University's e-mail, Google Calendar and Google Drive services.
All services are also available on smartphones and tablets, running Google Android (recommended) or Apple iOS. On Android, simply add the account in the device settings using your institutional e-mail address, to enable Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar and the other G Suite for Education services in their respective apps. For detailed instructions, see the Android and iOS guides below.
The shared Drive creation function is not available to students.
E-mail (Gmail)
The following guides explain how to personalise and organise your inbox:
- Create a Gmail signature;
- Create labels to organise Gmail;
- Create rules to filter your emails;
- Send attachments with your Gmail message;
- Print Gmail messages.
Google Calendar
The following guides explain how to organise meetings and appointments:
- Create an event;
- Invite people to your Calendar event;
- Add attachments to your events;
- Print your calendar;
- Get notifications and reminders;
- Share your calendar with someone.
Other useful guides
- Guide to configuring e-mail clients (Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Mail or Outlook);
- Managing legitimate messages marked as spam;
- Guide to using the "Documents" and "Drive" service;
- Guide to using "Shared drives";
- Configuring simultaneous access to multiple accounts;
- Configuring access to an account via e-mail delegation;
- Forwarding mail to another account;
- Android: instructions on managing the account;
- Apple iOS: instructions on managing the account.