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Digital Office Webinars

As part of the Digital Office initiative, UCD IT Services offers periodic webinars. 
These are open to all staff members: academic, research, professional and technical.

Digital Office webinars cover a wide range of topics, including:

  • Mastering essential productivity applications
  • Streamlining communication and collaboration
  • Using tools like chat to save time

Learn valuable tips and tricks to leverage the power of popular digital tools and create a more streamlined, collaborative, and efficient work environment.

  • Autumn trimester 2024: Digital Office Quick Bytes session bookings are now available, see details below.
  • Scroll down to access on-demand webinars on our most popular topics: Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Drive and Gmail. 

Winter 2025: Digital Office Quick Bytes

This webinar series offers dynamic, 30-minute sessions to help you get the most from our workspace tools, tailored for busy UCD staff.

Browse the session topics below and book your place today.

Dec 2025

Date Time Topic Details
Tues 2 Dec 2025

 11.00-11.30pm Google Drive Join us for a 30-minute overview of Shared Drives, focused on organising files for a typical team or unit.
Thurs 4 Dec 2024

 11-11.30am Google Calendar Get top tips on managing your calendar, like checking availability and setting up a team calendar. 

 

2026 Dates to be confirmed

Book your place today

Tip: if you are interested in attending but have a schedule conflict, please view our pre-recorded sessions below. The live sessions will not be recorded and all include time for Q&A.

Webinars on demand

Managing your team's files effectively in Google Drive

View a pre-recorded version of this Digital Office webinar (34:40).

Learn more about: 

  • File storage and Sharing in UCD: best practices
  • Google Drive - using Shared Drives to manage team files
  • Transferring ownership of files on Google Drive
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Using your Google Calendar to save time

View a pre-recorded version of this Digital Office webinar (36:55).

Learn more about: 

  • Setting your Google Calendar's visibility to colleagues, plus your working hours and location
  • Checking anyone's availability at UCD to find suitable meeting times
  • Creating a team calendar
  • Scheduling and managing appointments
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Conquer Email Overload: Gmail tips to master your inbox

View a pre-recorded version of this Digital Office webinar (32:37)

Learn more about: 

  • Organising and removing email
  • Filters and labels 
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Using Google Chat and Spaces to optimise team communications

View a pre-recorded version of this Digital Office webinar (26:29)

Learn more about: 

  • Google Chat and Spaces
  • Creating a Space
  • How to use your Space
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