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Conduct research studies
Screen potential participants for studies
Create a form to see if potential participants meet the criteria for your study. Send responses to a spreadsheet that you can customize to fit your study.
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Have users keep a diary of their experiences
Keep a record of user experiences with your app or website through a diary study. Create a template in Docs that you can send to every user. You can collaborate on each document with yourself and the user, so you’ll see their feedback as it happens.
Learn how: Go to the Docs Editors Help Center
Hold interviews or user tests with people in remote locations
Interview remote users while they test your product to record their responses and reactions. In a Google Meet video meeting, users can also share their screen, so you can see exactly what’s going on as they test the product. Remote team members can join the meeting to observe the study.
Learn how: Get started with Meet
Summarize results with Gemini
After an extensive study, you might find yourself with too much data to effectively review. Add the information into Sheets and ask Gemini to summarize.
Learn how: Organize with Gemini in Google Sheets
Gather your team's interviews and test results
Easily analyze findings by collecting each team member’s research data in a form. Add targeted questions, such as interviewer name, subject role, observation, and time. When responses come in, you can send them automatically to a spreadsheet. Then, in Sheets, easily filter key user journeys, pain points, and other important results.
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Learn about your website users through analytics
Want to get insights from users so you can improve your website? Use Google Analytics to see how users find and use your site, if design changes impact visitor metrics, and more. Then, use Google Apps Script to import your data into Sheets.
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- Get started with Google Analytics
- Get started with Google Apps Script
- Get details about Sheets add-ons in the Docs Editors Help Center
Share designs & results
Share design ideas & prototypes
Create a prototype or presentation in Slides that includes your wireframes, storyboards, or workflows. Then, present your ideas with clients anywhere in the world during a Google Meet video meeting.
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Draft and share design research
When you're designing a new app or website, use Docs to draft study plans, use cases, personas, competitive analysis notes, and more. Then, share your documents with team members or clients to get feedback.
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Store your research & design files in one place
Keep all your research files and recordings in Drive. All your content is private until you share it, so any sensitive information stays safe. If something goes wrong with a file, you can revert to a previous version.
If you’d rather work on Drive files from your desktop, use Google Drive for desktop. All your Drive files appear and are streamed on demand, so they don’t take up storage space on your computer. For details, see What can you do with Drive for desktop.
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Keep your team on track
Share plans or lab time on a team calendar
To get visibility into what your colleagues are working on or share resources, such as lab facilities, create a team calendar. You can add specific people or an entire organization.
Learn how: Tips to share calendars
Create a group email address to easily communicate with your team
As a designer, you’ll often work with a larger team, including project managers, engineers, and more. Share your files with everyone at once by creating an email group.
Learn how: Get started with Google Groups
Use generative AI at work
If your organization supports it, you can use the artificial intelligence add-on, Gemini for Google Workspace. Use Gemini directly in Google Workspace apps like Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Vids, and Gmail, to help you write, visualize, organize, and connect. You can also use Gemini as a standalone experience at gemini.google.com.
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