get google apps for edu
DESCRIPTION
Getting Started with Google appsTRANSCRIPT
What are Google Apps?
and how do I get them?- @tjhouston
TJ Houston
Technology Director @ Huron City Schools
http://www.tjhouston.com
@TjHouston
Who Am I?
Who Are You?
First and Formost:http://tinyurl.com/3eecdas
What we will cover today:
Signing Up
What comes with Google Apps?
The Market Place
Training Users
Migration Tips
My Workflows
Questions?
3 optionsSign-up Online
You own or manage the domain for the school
Sign-up to Learn More
Sales team will contact you and help you along the way
Google Apps Partner
Complicated integration or no IT Staff
6 Steps
Step 1: Sign Up and Sign In
Step 2: Domain Verification
Step 3: Customize Google Apps
Step 4: Create Users
Step 5: Migrate Mail and MX Records
Step 6: Deploy Google Apps!
There is a wizard that walks you through all of this...
Signing UpPre-Req’s
Must have a domain and have access to DNS Settings. (k12.oh.us is ok)
Navigate to http://google.com/a/education to signup
google.com/a/your-domain-name
takes you to your control panel area.
Quick Tip:
Verification... I swear its me..
CustomizingYou can customize your Login Screen,
Your Start Page, Websites, and What applications are available...
Creating UsersSeveral Options,
Create Users individually
Add Users in Bulk
Sync with your directory (Ldap, AD, OD)
GAM - Google Apps ManagerCommand Line tool to administer your Google Apps Domain. Great for automating and scripting tasks.
Code.google.com/p/google-apps-manager
Getting Started Guide: http://bit.ly/iuWO3g
STOP!!! It’s Training Time!!!If you have gotten this far you need
to start talking to your users...
Guide to Going Google
https://sites.google.com/a/googleapps.com/k12-guide-to-going-google/
This guide will provide you with sample notification emails, links to training presentations, as well as some “Best” practices...
Migrating Mail & MX Records
MX Records
Tells what server handles mail on the internetz.
Google has plenty of step by step guides for several different web hosts.
Dual Delivery
Quick Tip:Don’t forget to take into account things that depend on your “Internal” mail
server. Copiers, Helpdesk, Alerts most likely depend on your internal mail server.
However you can use relay from Gmail
Server: smtp.gmail.comSSL: Yes
Authentication: YesUsername: Full email address
Password: Your Google Apps PasswordPort: 465 or 587
Migrating Email
Google has a utility called the Google Apps Migration for Exchange tool. (Works with Imap)
Parses a text file and migrates emails to Google Apps.
Your Done! (ish)
Explore the marketplace (Sherpa Tools, Brain Pop, LMS’s, Gradebooks)
Train Train Train!!!
Stay strong on cutover date with email. (Before Summer)
Create a “Tech Tips” Google Group
Don’t Worry there is help...
Google Apps Administrator Help Center: http://www.google.com/support/a
Google Apps End User Help Center: http://www.google.com/support/a/users
Google Apps Help Group: http://goups.google.com/group/hosted
Learning Center: http://services.google.com/apps/training
Huron Wiki: http://helpdesk.huronhs.com/techwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Site.FC2GA
Thanks!