December 8, 2016

HTTP websites in Chrome as "insecure" starting in January

Google will start reporting HTTP websites in Chrome as "insecure" starting in January 2017. Here are the details: https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html

November 21, 2016

A totally rebuilt Google Sites—now available!

Google has launched a completely revamped Google Sites and it's now available to everyone at UCSC.

September 19, 2016

New Google Apps Script Discussion Group

A new UCSC Google Group, gscript@ucsc.edu, has been created for discussion of Google Apps Script. 

August 17, 2016

New Gmail Inbox

On August 15, Google released Inbox for Google Apps for Education. This new email application provides enhanced features for managing your email Inbox and mobile use. The UCSC Google Service team evaluated the service and enable it for our campus on August 19.

May 10, 2016

Set Expiration Dates for Access to Google Drive Documents

You now have the ability to set an “expiration date” for specific user access to files in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. 

February 8, 2016

Remove Someone's Access from Multiple Google Drive Files

If you have shared Google Drive files and documents with someone who has already left UCSC, will be retiring or graduating, or simply changing positions and leaving your department, make sure to change your sharing settings if you no longer want that person to have access to your documents in Google Drive.

January 8, 2016

View your Google Calendar in Gmail

Knowing your schedule at all times is vital when reading and composing emails. Obviously, you can open up your Google Calendar in another tab and check what events are on the horizon before responding, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could see this information right in Gmail? Now you can!