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Google Gemini

Google Gemini is a multimodal AI assistant by Google that processes various content types, enhancing personal and professional tasks across its ecosystem.

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Primary category

Writing & Text Generation Tools

Cost

None

Overview

Google Gemini is Google's AI assistant: a chatbot you type questions or requests into that writes, summarizes, researches, and analyzes for you, much like ChatGPT. Because ASU runs on Google Workspace, Gemini fits naturally alongside the Gmail, Docs, and Drive tools EdPlus staff already use every day. As of Fall 2025, ASU provides Gemini for Education free to all students, faculty, and staff: just sign in at gemini.google.com with your ASURITE account. ASU states the education version is FERPA compliant and that your prompts and data are not used to train Google's AI models.

Teaching uses

Featured ways to use this tool

Draft communications and marketing copy

Give Gemini your key points and audience, and get a solid first draft of a student announcement, program email, or landing-page blurb in seconds. Example: paste your program facts and ask for three subject-line options plus a 150-word email for prospective online students.

Summarize long documents and meeting notes

Paste a lengthy report, transcript, or email thread and ask for the key decisions, action items, and open questions. Example: condense a 40-page vendor proposal into a one-page brief before a stakeholder meeting.

Run Deep Research for competitive scans

Gemini’s built-in Deep Research mode browses the web and returns a structured, cited report. Example: ask it to compare how five other universities market their online MBA programs and get a sourced summary you can drop into a strategy doc.

Co-edit drafts and code in Canvas

Gemini’s Canvas mode opens a live workspace where you iterate on a document or code snippet with the AI instead of copy-pasting between chats. Example: refine a project charter paragraph by paragraph, or have it prototype and tweak a small script for an ops workflow.

Getting started

How to get started

Go to https://gemini.google.com and sign in with your @asu.edu address. Gemini for Education is free for all ASU students, faculty, and staff.

Confirm you are on the ASU account

Check the account avatar in the top right. A personal Google account does not carry ASU’s data protections.

Want Gemini inside Gmail, Docs, and Sheets?

That is Google AI Pro, the paid tier of this same product, funded by your department. See the Google AI Pro page for what it adds and how to request it.

Learn & explore

Videos, guides & resources

Demos, tutorials, and curated resources for Google Gemini. Play or read them right here.

How to Use Google Gemini

Every ASU account already includes Gemini, so this is the lowest-friction place to start if you are new to AI tools and do not yet have a Claude seat.

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