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Jim Siegl
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Jim Siegl replied to Kimberly Allison's discussion 'Password Reset in Google Apps' in the group Google Apps for Education
Kimberly,
Congratulations on starting down the Google Apps route. This is very easy to do, you can download allexisting users as a csv file, and then add a column for the new password and re upload the file to change the password. (for security…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
365 will replace live--It seems that all of the services that are offered as part of live, and most of the 365 services will be free for students, with a charge for faculty/staff and for some of the higher end features for students. The services for…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
Sadly no ink, shapes, audio or tag as far as I can tell.
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
I've been using a competing product (www.offisync.com) and find it works much better
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
True, that is a good option if you only have 2 groups (all open and restricted).http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=177482&hl=en
I have not check the new Google option to see if it is smart enough to allow the…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
(short answer, your best approach would be 2 seperate domains, but NOT the google multiple domain feature)
long answer....
good news: You have the ability to put users into groups and turn on tools at the group level.
bad news: thats…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
I would say that they are similar in terms of the amount support that they require, but that there are more resources available in the internet community to find peer support for Google issues that are k12 specific that with Live and 365 is an…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
I think for states like Oregon, Maryland etc. the press release means that the state has singed a contract at the state level with Google that means schools don't have to work with Google individually to sign a contract (in my district, not in…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
The article "a fact based comparison of Hosting services" from Microsoft gives Microsoft's side of the comparison, like anything from a vendor, to be taken with a grain of salt. It is accurate, but slanted toward if you are mainly…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
The google admin does this through the Postini component using inbound and outbound content rules (for email) the other tools do not support this level of granularity they are either on or off for a group of users and sharing outside the domain is…
Jim Siegl replied to cpstechcoach's discussion 'Live@edu vs. Google Apps for Education'
unfortunately It depends on what type of document (word, excel, powerpoint or one note) and if you are talking about editing in the office client, or the web app. This article has a good comparison…
Jim Siegl commented on Honor Moorman's group 'Google Apps for Education'
Rachelle,
Reader is part of the consumer google account product, not part of apps for education. Google is in the middle of converting apps accounts so they can use reader and other services see this link…
Jim Siegl replied to Klista Lawyer-Reynolds's discussion 'Google Apps and Funding?' in the group Google Apps for Education
Are you sure you have the Education edition? Education account can have more than the 50 allowed for standard accounts. There is no charge for additional accounts. If you are not using the education version you can request an upgrade…
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- Technical Architect for Fairfax County Public Schools. Interested in Mobile Learning, LMS, Podcasting and eBooks.
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