Business and Administration

Gemini in Gmail

Learn to use eligible AI assistance with human review and verify AI-assisted email before sending in this beginner-friendly Gmail lesson.

Learning outcomes

  • Explain how to use eligible AI assistance with human review.
  • Complete the guided activity safely.
  • Check that you can verify AI-assisted email before sending.

Before you begin

Use the correct account. Practise with fictional content and never share passwords, recovery codes or confidential information.

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Step-by-step instructions

  1. Open Gmail and confirm that the profile picture and email address show the intended Google Account.
  2. Summarise a low-risk thread or draft a fictional reply where available using fictional or non-sensitive practice information.
  3. Pause before any send, delete, sharing, security or account change; check recipients, permissions and likely consequences.
  4. Review the result and confirm that you can verify AI-assisted email before sending.
  5. Record one useful habit and safely reverse or remove any temporary practice item.
Ian's practical tip: Email can affect real people immediately. Check the account, recipients, subject, attachments, tone and privacy before you send or share.

Practical activity

Summarise a low-risk thread or draft a fictional reply where available. Your expected result is to verify AI-assisted email before sending.

Completion checklist