How are Google Apps for Education (GAE) different from the “normal” Google Apps?
There are several significant differences: • It will be PLU-branded and we will know what the addresses are. • We will have integration of a single PLU ePass sign-on. • Some things behind the scenes will enable you to share calendars within PLU only, instead of everyone in the world. • Google Apps for Education (GAE) @PLU doesn’t have advertising like public Google Apps. • While Google searches their accounts for information and maintains an index of this information, Google doesn’t include the GAE @PLU data in their regular search and index data stores. • GAE @PLU is controlled by the I&TS group at PLU. Accounts are added, deleted, and supported by PLU staff much as they are at present. • GAE @PLU access is controlled by your ePass account. The same password that gets you into PLU’s online tools, gets you into GAE @PLU. • Your GAE @PLU email address will just be your normal “@plu.edu” address. • GAE @PLU introduces the idea of community in which we come together in collaborative setti
