The Google Tools for Academic Professionals Workshop is a one-day professional development programme designed to equip lecturers and academic staff at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University with practical digital skills for modern teaching, research, collaboration and academic administration.

The programme will introduce participants to Google Workspace tools and Google's AI tools through demonstrations, guided exercises and hands-on activities.

Rather than focusing only on theoretical presentations, the workshop will require participants to actually create documents, assessments, presentations, spreadsheets, digital classrooms and AI-assisted teaching materials.

The workshop will also introduce participants to Google's official educator learning and certification ecosystem, giving interested lecturers a pathway to continue their learning after the event.

WHY WILL I PARTICIPATE?

The workshop aims to:

1. Improve lecturers' digital productivity.

2. Introduce lecturers to Google Workspace for Education.

3. Demonstrate practical applications of Google tools in university teaching.

4. Introduce lecturers to AI-assisted teaching and academic workflows.

5. Help lecturers create online assessments and learning materials.

6. Improve collaboration between lecturers and students.

7. Introduce responsible and ethical use of AI in education.

8. Provide participants with practical digital skills they can immediately apply.

9. Introduce lecturers to official Google educator training and certification pathways.

10. Establish a foundation for continued digital-skills development among academic staff.

WHO CAN ATTEND?

The workshop will target:

• University lecturers

• Academic staff

• Graduate assistants

• Departmental academic coordinators

• Research-oriented faculty members

• Staff interested in digital teaching

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:

• Organise academic materials using Google Drive.

• Create and collaboratively edit documents using Google Docs.

• Use Google Sheets for attendance, grading and academic data.

• Create professional lecture presentations with Google Slides.

• Create quizzes, surveys and assessments with Google Forms.

• Use Google Classroom to distribute learning materials and assignments.

• Use Google Meet for virtual classes and meetings.

• Use Gemini appropriately for teaching and administrative tasks.

• Use Gemini Notebook/NotebookLM-style workflows to work with source materials.

• Apply basic AI fact-checking, privacy and academic-integrity principles.

• Continue their learning through Google's official educator training pathways.

WHAT WILL THE ONE-DAY PROGRAMME LOOK LIKE?

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM: Registration & Technical Setup

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM: Opening / Welcome

8:45 AM – 9:25 AM: Module 1: Google Workspace Fundamentals

9:25 AM – 10:15 AM: Module 2: Drive, Docs & Sheets

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: Break

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM: Module 3: Slides & Forms

11:20 AM – 12:10 AM: Module 4: Classroom & Meet

12:10 AM – 1:00 AM: Lunch

1:00 AM – 2:00 AM: Module 5: Gemini AI for Lecturers

2:00 AM – 2:40 AM: Module 6: Gemini Notebook / NotebookLM

2:40 AM – 3:10 AM: Module 7: Responsible AI

3:10 AM – 3:50 AM: Capstone Practical & Assessment

3:50 AM – 4:10 AM: Evaluation & Feedback

4:10 AM – 4:30 AM: Certificates, Group Photograph & Closing

WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING TO THE WORKSHOP?

Please come with your laptop, laptop charger, smartphone, and an active Google/Gmail account. Participants are encouraged to bring a course outline, lecture notes, or academic PDF to use during the practical sessions. Please ensure you can log in to your Google account before arriving.