Deep Research and Canvas
People who produce research, briefs and documents, and who have outgrown the single-answer chat
Prerequisites: Module 201 (Gemini 101) or equivalent experience. Module 203 (NotebookLM for Work) is useful, not required. A plan that includes Deep Research; the free tier has daily limits.
Last verified 2026-09-17
Learning objectives
By the end, participants can:
- Write a Deep Research brief that names the question, the scope, and what a good answer looks like
- Edit the research plan before it runs, and say why that step matters
- Review a report against its citations and the sources it drew on (Google Search by default, plus Gmail, Drive, uploaded files and Gemini Notebook notebooks; a report takes about 5 to 10 minutes)
- Use Canvas to draft, edit and export a document or code (docs, code and web apps, and slides; exports to Google Docs, Slides and Colab, or a public link)
- Set up a scheduled action within the limits (up to 10 active scheduled actions, on personal accounts with Keep Activity on) and know what it is not for
- Choose between Deep Research, a notebook, the side panel and a chat for a given task
What's in this module
7 lessons · 5 exercises · ~7 min reading
Starts withWhat Deep Research is~1 minExecutive summary
You will learn how to hand Gemini a research question and get a sourced report back, how to review that report properly, how to co-edit a document or a piece of code in Canvas instead of copying text in and out of chat, and how to schedule the small recurring tasks where your account allows it. End state is one Deep Research report on a question you actually have, reviewed against its sources, one document taken from brief to draft in Canvas, and a decision about scheduled actions. After this module you can write a research brief that produces a useful plan, edit the plan before it runs, read the report as a reviewer rather than a consumer, use Canvas for the editing loop and export the result, and say where Deep Research and Canvas fit against a notebook and the side panel.
Sources
- Gemini Apps Help, "Use Deep Research in Gemini Apps", the plan-edit-run flow, the sources it can use, export options, and availability by plan: https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15719111?hl=en
- Gemini Apps Help, "Create docs, apps and more with Canvas", what Canvas produces, the editing tools, exports and sharing restrictions: https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/16047321?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
- Gemini Apps Help, "Schedule actions in Gemini Apps", the ten-action limit, the account requirements, and the prepared-in-advance caveat: https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/16316416?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
- Gemini Apps Help, "Use Gemini Agent for multi-step tasks in Gemini Apps", what the agent does, where it is available, and its confirmation behaviour: https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/16596215?hl=en-CM&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
- Google Docs Editors Help, "Use Deep Research in Gemini in Workspace apps", the same engine inside Docs, Gmail, Drive, Sheets, Slides and Chat, with the report landing as a Doc: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/17127708?hl=en
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