Note: As of April 25, 2018, Google started rolling out a new interface for Gmail.
Personal Gmail users can opt in now from Settings 
If you change your mind, you can click Settings 
For your Drew account, you will see the option appear over the summer. We will communicate further with the Drew community at that time.
To learn more about the options that will be available - like snoozing an email, using Smart Reply, and viewing your Calendar or Tasks - we suggest this Help Center article or this video from Teacher's Tech. We also look forward to learning and sharing more about the new confidential mode and message expiration.
Google provides extensive documentation on using Gmail in the G Suite Learning Center.
Some of the specific questions we have been asked are listed and answered below:
- How do I send an email to a list of addresses in a spreadsheet?
To upload a spreadsheet of contacts, it needs to be saved as a .csv file. This means a "comma separated values" file as opposed to an Excel file. You can mark this when you go to "Save As" and use the drop-down box to change the type of file.
Next, go to Contacts (by clicking the arrow next to "Mail") and then there is a button with the word "More" on it. Clicking "More" will give you options including "Import." You can then choose the file.
For a step-by-step import tutorial straight from Google: https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/1069522 - How do I create a contact group?
Google's instructions can be found at: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/30970?hl=e
Note that the group will be created within the "My Contacts" section of your address book. When trying to add people to the group, you will probably want to search for the person and then use the Groups button drop down, shown below, to choose which group/s you want the person in.