UW-Madison G Suite is a collection of cloud-based productivity and collaborative tools including: Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Sites, Google Keep, Hangouts Meet, Hangouts Chat, and more.
Get the Google Photos app to back up and view photos on your Android and iOS devices. Press question mark to see available shortcut keys. Back up a lifetime of photos. Backup and Sync. Automatically back up photos from your Mac or PC, connected cameras and SD cards. Google Input Tools remembers your corrections and maintains a custom dictionary for new or uncommon words and names. Type the way you want Get your message across in.
Important note about working with Protected Health Information (PHI): G Suite should not be used by UW-Madison faculty, staff, and students interacting with electronic PHI protected by HIPAA regulations. If you are a part of the UW-Madison Health Care Component, contact your HIPAA Privacy or Security Coordinator with questions about the applications best suited for creating, storing, and sharing PHI.
Benefits
- Unlimited storage
- Protects your intellectual property and individual privacy rights
- Collaboration with classmates and UW–Madison colleagues
- Accounts are administered by UW–Madison
Requirements
- Must be eligible for Office 365
Getting started
Access your UW–Madison Google Apps Account via your NetID.
Google Software Reporter Tool
If you’re logging in for the first time, you’ll see a welcome message. Since the University does not have Gmail enabled, portions of the message that mention email do not apply to UW–Madison Google Apps.
More information on logging in and moving between apps can be found in the KnowledgeBase (KB).
Terms of use
Options
- Google Drive:
Share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and drawings. Collaborate in real-time with your team or with your whole school. You can publish final documents to the entire world, too. - Google Sites:
Work together to keep related documents, web content, and other information in one place, on one site. - Google Hangouts Meet
With Google Hangouts Meet, you can hold impromptu video meetings on the go, virtual training classes around the world, remote interviews, and much more. - Google Hangouts Chat:
Chat directly with a co-worker or communicate with your entire team at once. - Google Groups:
Participate in mailing lists and discussion groups. - Google Keep
Google Keep allows users to make different kinds of notes, including text, lists, images, and audio. - Other commercial apps are available to use (especially if you would otherwise be using a personal Google account with these apps) but are not covered by the UW–Madison Terms of Service.
Available to
Service Provider
- Division of Information Technology
- 1210 W. Dayton Street
- (608) 264-4357
