Email & Calendar
Add Calendars to iPhone
By default, only calendars that you create or have Edit permissions on will sync to the iPhone app. In order to sync other calendars that are shared with you, follow the steps below: On your computer…
Confidential emails
Gmail has a built-in feature for sending confidential emails that will erase themselves after a certain period of time. You can also require a SMS passcode that the recipient will receive on their ph…
Create a Shared Calendar
Go to https://calendar.google.com. On the left, next to where it says “Add a coworker's calendar,” click the plus symbol. Click “New Calendar”. Type in the name for your team calendar then click “cre…
Create an Email Group
Sign into your bigelow.org gmail account. Select the Google Apps menu in the top right and choose Groups. Select create group in the top left. Enter the group name, group email, and group description…
Email Filters & Rules
Open Gmail in your web browser. Click on the icon in the top right. Click on Settings. Click on the "Filters and Blocked Addresses" tab. Click on "Create a new filter" link. Enter the parameters for…
Email Groups
General purpose groups. Group Members staff @bigelow.org All Staff visitors @bigelow.org All Visitors all @bigelow.org Staff, visitors, any active student groups misc @bigelow.org Non work-related [o…
Email Headers
Open Gmail. Open the email that you want to check the headers for. Next to reply , click the vertical ellipse. Click on "Show original". Click Download Original. Send an email to it@bigelow.org OR re…
Email Signatures
Email is our most frequent communication method with the public, and it's important that we use the opportunity to show organizational cohesion and reinforce our brand. Bigelow Laboratory asks all em…
Google 2-Step Verification
About 2-Step Verification. Check out Google's information page about 2-Step Verification Signing in to your account will work a little differently You'll enter your password. Whenever you sign in to…
Google Calendar Overview
Add an event. Events should be created on your calendar, not added directly to a Bigelow calendar (e.g. events, travel, classroom). Open Google Calendar. Login using your Bigelow email credentials, i…
Phishing
Report Phishing. Open Gmail. Open the email that you want to report as phishing. Next to reply , click the vertical ellipse. Click Report Phishing. If you are unsure if it is phishing, please forward…
Schedule emails
Scheduling emails is easy with Gmail's new, built-in, schedule and send feature. Gmail will send your email at the scheduled time even if your computer is off or not connected to the internet. When y…
Staff Minus One Emails
Send an email message to all but one (or more) staff members the easy way: In Google Calendar, click on an all-staff event - All Hands Meetings, for example. Mouse over the area to the right of the n…
Using Outlook with Gmail
The following instructions are assuming that you have two-factor authentication enabled on the account. Sign into the Gmail account you wan to use with Outlook. Click on your account in the upper rig…
Using Yubico Security Keys with your Google account
This article is intended for those who have been issued a Yubico Security Key as a means for protecting access to your Google account. Hardware security keys are one of the best ways to protecting yo…