MSU’s Google Apps for Education now live!

MSU’s Google Apps for Education implementation is officially live, and can be accessed at http://googleapps.msu.edu. Now, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites can be created using your MSU account. Note that Gmail is not a part of this Google Apps package. For a list of support resources available, read below.
MSU has assembled a variety of resources to assist you as you integrate Google Apps into your courses. Support resources include:
- Techbase articles focused on introducing you to the Google Apps suite
- An updated memo from Libraries, Computing and Technology on appropriate use of Google Apps at MSU
- An memo outlining general Cloud Computing (including Google Apps) and the guidelines regarding its use at MSU
- An Explorations in Instructional Technology Brown Bag seminar on December 4th at Noon in 105 Natural Sciences
Additional support can be attained by contacting the ATS Help Desk at (517)432-6200. If you are currently working with vuDAT, contact your producer for ideas or to share your concerns. Everyone else: what do you plan to use MSU’s Google Apps service for? What concerns do you have? E-mail me!


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I hope gmail can be included in the google apps!
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Would Google also run the payrol applications for the University?
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