Google Accounts - An Introduction

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Introduction toGoogle Accounts : 

Introduction toGoogle Accounts Documents and Forms, Calendars, Sites, Mail Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

Google Accounts : 

Google Accounts What are the tools? Why are we interested in them? What are the pros and cons? Documents, Calendar, Mail, Sites Workshop – Using the tools Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

What tools are included? : 

What tools are included? GoogleDocs Documents, Spreadsheets (includes online form/survey tool), Presentations, Drawing Calendar Websites Mail Video Groups Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

What tools are included? : 

What tools are included? GoogleDocs Documents, Spreadsheets (includes online form/survey tool), Presentations, Drawing Calendar Websites Mail Video Groups Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

Why are we interested in them? : 

Why are we interested in them? User-friendly Cloud-based Shared calendars, documents, websites Online collaboration (reduction in paper) Easy survey/form creation tool Plan to transition to Google mail for faculty/staff and students Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

Pros / Cons : 

Pros / Cons Provides more tools and simplifies access Promotes sharing information Reduces # of servers and maintenance on campus *Reduce amount of paper we use* Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010 New = learning curve Trouble reports and trouble shooting may take more time (but haven’t seen trouble with the tools in 9months of use)

Google Tools - Documents : 

Google Tools - Documents Documents: Like Word/Excel/PPT documents Not all features as local versions Accessed anywhere with internet Shared with viewers or co-editors Reduce ‘version’ problems Organized into folders Downloaded as editable file formats (Word, PDF, etc.) Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

Google Tools - Calendars : 

Google Tools - Calendars Calendars: Create multiple calendars Turn calendars on and off Share calendars with colleagues To view, to edit Create a task list and edit Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

Google Tools - Websites : 

Google Tools - Websites Websites: For any purpose Easy, user-friendly tool Share viewerscollaboratorsco-editors Public/Restricted Use for (student) projects Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

Google Tools - Websites : 

Google Tools - Websites Websites: For any purpose Easy, user-friendly tool Share viewerscollaboratorsco-editors Public/Restricted Use for (student) projects Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010

Google Tools - Workshop : 

Google Tools - Workshop Access Documents create, edit, share Forms create, edit, publish, view submissions Sites create, edit, publish Calendar create, edit, publish Julie Henderson / P.K.Yonge DRS/2010