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Google Apps for Education Menu Updated

By mark hine on November 4, 2013

Overview:
Google recently updated the Google Apps menu found in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and most other Google Apps. Links to these items are no longer presented in a horizontal menu.

Google apps are now accessed, from within other Google Apps, via an icon found in the upper right top of each app.

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Most changes, such as this menu change, occur globally for all users of Google Apps for Education.

Impact:
The horizontal menu that links to other Google Apps has been removed. A new icon, when clicked, reveals a drop down menu to provide links and access to Google Apps. This change has been made for all apps in Google Apps for Education including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Sites and Google Contacts.

Time Frame:
This change is effective immediately.

Affected Users:
All users of Google Apps for Education are impacted by this change.

 

 


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