Dear Colleagues,

It’s been a little more than two years since Google Drive launched, and already, more than 190 million people are actively using it to safely store and access their files on their phones, tablets, and computers. This tremendous growth has allowed us to offer more affordable storage plans and Google have updated Drive so it’s faster and even easier to use.

For mobile
If you use the Drive app for Android or iOS, you’ll notice everything is now a bit speedier and easier to navigate. Thanks to faster background syncing, the new mobile app makes it easy to find and quickly open files. Plus, you get a host of new features that let you see who has access, view recent changes, or grab a link to share with more people. You can even enable offline access or print a file directly from the app.

For the web
You’ll be offered access to the new Drive for the web over the coming weeks. When you agree to give it a try, you’ll experience a new look and better performance. It's also easier to take some of the most common actions — simply click once on a file to see recent activity, share with friends, or enable offline access. For you organizational fiends, you now have three easy ways to take group actions on multiple files: right click on the selected files, use the menu above the file area, or simply drag the group to a new location in Drive.

For everyone
We are committed to making Drive useful for everyone. This includes having it localized in over 70 languages and, with this latest update, making Drive much more accessible for our blind and visually impaired users. The new Drive includes improved keyboard accessibility, support for zooming and high contrast mode, and better compatibility with screen readers.

regard,

Paul
DCU App's Team

Dear Colleagues

,

This is a reminder that the new DCU Apps Spam filter goes live from this week. No new e-mails will be held in the old spam system after today and going forward any messages held as spam will be located in the Spam folder of your DCU Apps account.

 

New Spam Filter

From September 3rd, DCU Apps e-mail will use the Google spam filter rather that the old DCU spam filter system. This will help further reduce the amount of spam messages that are delivered to the inbox of DCU e-mail accounts.

If a message is held incorrectly as spam, you can just move it back to the inbox. 

The old quarantine reports will continue to be delivered until October 2nd. Please deliver any valid e-mail from your reports before this date. The reports will stop being delivered after this date.

For more information on the DCU Apps Spam filter and how to use it, please see the document attached or go to the following link;

http://www4.dcu.ie/iss/dcuapps/faq.shtml

Please note: The DCU Apps e-mail spam filter does not stop legitimate messages arriving in to your inbox from external sources that you have subscribed to either directly or indirectly. If you have inbox tabs enabled as mentioned above, mail from these sources will be held in the appropriate tab, not in your main inbox.

If you wish to stop receiving particular marketing e-mails that you are subscribed to, you will need to unsubscribe from their mailing list through the link provided in their email.

We hope you really enjoy the benefits of these improvements. Please contact us if you have any questions.

http://iss.servicedesk.dcu.ie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFf7dlewJus

regards,

Paul 

DCU App's Team 

DCU App's Compose Email 

DCU App's compose your email window allows for multiple messages at once and has a slick interface

The clip can also be found on our DCU App's Community -  DCU App's Compose Email


regards,

Paul
DCU App's Team

Viewing Multiple Calendars from your Own Calendar

If you would like to view multiple calendars from your own DCU App's Calendar account or have a collaborative calendar, follow these instructions in order to see all entries from all calendars on your App's Email or a Mobile Device.

Using your iPhone choose this option for your DCU Calendar

Using your Android choose this option for your DCU Calendar

Using a web browser choose this option for your DCU Calendar:

Log in using your DCU username and password, select the additional calendars that you require to appear on your Mobile Device and click save. Sign out of this page and after a couple of seconds it should have synced the additional calendar entries.

regards,

Paul
DCU App's Team
ISS Department

  Difference between Moving and Copying in Google Drive

This video will show you how to use the ADD method in Google Drive to move a document from a shared folder. The document remains in the shared folder but is added to My Drive.

regards,

Paul
DCU App's Team

Guide to Using Labels in DCU App's Email

Learn the basic functions of using labels in your DCU App's Email Inbox. This can be very useful, Labels are a great alternative to folders and are a unique quality to your Email. 








Regards,

Paul

DCU App's Team

How to find any mail with DCU App's Email search

With a few tricks, you can use DCU App's Email to find the exact message you're looking for, without all the scrolling.

But the real power of Email search lies in search operators -- words that help modify your queries. Search operators work pretty much the same way within Email as they do for Google

How to find any mail with DCU App's Email

regards,

Paul
DCU App's Team