Whether you are just thinking about launching Apps, or you’re toasting to your
first graduating class after four years in the cloud – it’s always a good idea to educate your users about the new ways they can teach and learn with Google Apps. With that in mind, we’ve created the new
Guide to Going Google which provides tools and resources that help students, faculty, staff and alumni make the most of your transition. The guide outlines six steps to successfully going Google: technical deployment, outreach, training, getting the word out, going live, and staying up to date. We designed this guide to be helpful for everyone from a 4th grade teacher in a classroom that’s just learning about Google Apps, to a university CIO that’s been using Apps for years.
Of course, if you’re still evaluating hosted collaboration tools for your school, and want to understand why so many schools have already gone Google, take a minute to hear what CIOs at Kent State, Brandeis, North Carolina State and U.C. Riverside are saying about making the move to Apps:
P.S. For those schools who have already gone Google, we'd love to hear and see your creative approaches to making the transition successful. Maybe you
brought your mascot the a faculty training like they did at Brown University; or had a special group of on-the-ground trainers like the
Creek Squad. Maybe you did something bold like NC State who created a
graffiti wall to mark the occasion of your launch.
Let us know how you’ve gone Google, so we can help other schools can get inspired, too.
Posted by Dana Nguyen and Miriam Schneider, Apps for Education team
