Google Workspace Essentials

A one-day orientation for teams running on Google Workspace day to day without ever having been shown how the pieces are meant to fit together. The most common and most expensive mistake is in Drive sharing: a link shared with the wrong permission scope, or a folder shared more broadly than intended, and neither mistake announces itself until something has already gone wrong.

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The day works through the tools in the order a normal workday actually uses them: Drive structure and sharing, real-time collaboration in Docs, Sheets and Slides, a Gmail and Calendar routine that keeps a team organised, and Meet and Spaces for day-to-day communication. Google Sheets gets its own deeper course, Google Sheets, for teams that need more than this orientation covers.

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Programme Agenda

01

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Welcome and Programme Overview

Introduction to the session, objectives, and housekeeping.

02

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Drive Structure and Sharing Permissions

Organising shared drives versus personal My Drive, the permission levels available, and the specific oversharing mistake that causes most Drive incidents.

03

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

04

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Real-Time Collaboration in Docs, Sheets and Slides

Co-editing live, the comment and suggestion workflow, and version history for recovering earlier drafts.

05

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Gmail Practices That Keep a Team Organised

Labels and filters, search that actually works, and converting email into a task rather than leaving it sitting in the inbox.

06

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

07

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Calendar for Individual and Team Scheduling

Scheduling across a team, working hours, and booking focus time that colleagues respect.

08

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Google Meet and Spaces for Team Communication

Running and recording a Meet call, and using Spaces for ongoing team conversations organised by topic rather than one long chat thread.

09

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

10

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Building a Consistent Team Workflow

Agreeing where documents live, how requests get tracked, and what belongs in email versus Spaces versus a shared Doc.

11

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Applied Practice

Participants review their own team's Drive sharing settings and fix at least one oversharing or under-sharing issue found during the session.

12

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Wrap-Up and Q&A

Key takeaways, next steps, and close.

Key Outcomes

  • Structure shared drives and apply the correct sharing permission for a given document
  • Collaborate in real time in Docs, Sheets and Slides using comments and suggestions correctly
  • Apply Gmail labels, filters and search to manage a busy inbox
  • Schedule effectively across a team using Calendar
  • Use Meet and Spaces appropriately for different kinds of team communication
  • Agree a consistent team workflow for where work lives and how it is tracked

Training Mode   Physical / Online / Hybrid / e-learning

HRD Corp   SBL-Khas Claimable

Level   Foundation, suitable for all staff using Google Workspace, with particular value for administrative, operations and management teams

Duration   1 Day (8 Hours)  |  9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Venue   In-house at the client's premises, or delivered via the client's preferred platform (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or equivalent)

Assessment   10 to 15 question knowledge assessment covering all modules

Certificate   Certificate of Completion issued to all participants upon full attendance

Enquiries   Contact us to register or discuss scheduling

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Google Workspace Essentials is HRD Corp SBL-Khas claimable. Employers registered with HRD Corp (PSMB) can claim the training fee against their levy, as Orbix Tech Sdn Bhd is an HRD Corp certified training provider. Submit the SBL-Khas application before the session date.

Google Workspace Essentials runs for 1 day (8 hours) | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. It is delivered as an in-house closed group session, so the schedule can be adjusted to fit your team's working hours.

Yes. Delivery options are physical, online, hybrid, e-learning. In-house sessions run at your premises anywhere in Malaysia, online sessions run live over video conference, and hybrid combines both for teams split across sites.

Certificate of Completion issued to all participants upon full attendance. Each certificate carries a certificate number that can be checked at orbixtech.my/certificate-verify.

Level: Foundation, suitable for all staff using Google Workspace, with particular value for administrative, operations and management teams. The session is built around worked examples and group exercises rather than theory, so participants apply the material to their own organisation during the session.

Full-day sessions are quoted per session for a closed group, from RM 1,750. Advanced 2-day programmes are quoted per participant, from RM 4,000. All figures are before any HRD Corp levy claim.