Gmail & Calendar Transition (2023-24)

This page was updated on
June 28, 2024
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LPS uses Gmail and Google Calendar as our primary communication suite.

Click to learn more about these tools.

Each individual support page listed here has its own playlist of video tutorials. If you would like to view all of the tutorials for all of tehse tools in one place, here you go!

Orientation Sessions

Orientation sessions were held over Zoom. Find the recordings posted here.

Gmail Orientation

Google Calendar Orientation

Keep, Tasks & Contacts Orientation

Beyond the Basics – Dec 20 at 2:00 PM

Prep for Move-In

If you go to the LPS Portal, you should see Gmail and Calendar listed. You can go ahead and visit, even though it is not ready to be your email and calendar “home” until December 23rd.

This is the same Gmail & Calendar account you will use beginning on December 23rd. You will find some messages there already, just not all of them. HOWEVER, you will not send messages from there quite yet.

If you want, this presents the opportunity to do some prep work before this becomes the place where you actually send and receive mail on December 23rd.

For example, you might pick your theme, inbox style, and dial in some settings just the way you like them. It won’t be perfect on move-in day, but you can get a lot set up before then.

Continue to visit the LPS Gmail & Calendar pages to see all sorts of settings tips and suggestions to consider.

Gmail & Calendar will not work as expected until December 23rd.

You can change settings, but do not try to send or receive messages here until 12/23.
Do not move, organize, or delete mail.

Your Zimbra email mesages and calendar events will all be copied to your LPS Gmail and Calendar accounts by December 23rd. Expect that many will be missing until then. This is not an accident. It is part of the very calculated plan when moving a massive amount of data, as we are in this situation.

Phone setup

Are you ready to connect your LPS Gmail & Calendar to your mobile device? Whether it is a personal phone, or an LPS admin iPad, you can find all of the instructions to do that in this resource.

Common Questions, Answered

If you have a question that is not answered below, please reference the support resources linked above and then submit a Help Desk ticket with any questions/issues.