“Google Sites now supports the ability to apply a site template’s theme to any existing site. This does not apply the entire template to your existing site, just the template’s theme.”
This is a pretty nifty feature, especially for ……Continue Reading Google Sites & Themes
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Google Wave Update
Google has announced that they are canceling their Wave product due to lower-than-expected user adoption. “We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.” You can read the full […]…Continue Reading Google Wave Update
Google Apps Security Updates
If you’ve been wondering about the security and privacy of Google Apps, this security whitepaper may answer many of your questions: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/pdf/ds_gsa_apps_whitepaper_0207.pdf Additionally, I just came across an interesting announcement from the Google Apps team. It appears that Google Apps for Government version has just received Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification and accreditation from the U.S. […]…Continue Reading Google Apps Security Updates
Start Page Is Now iGoogle
For anyone who is wondering where the Middlebury Google Apps “Start Page” went, well…it has been phased out by Google and replaced with iGoogle, as of July 1st, 2010. The ”Sign in” link is located in the upper right-hand corner of the new iGoogle page. Have fun customizing! (http://g.middlebury.edu)
Does anyone miss the start page? We could consider […]…Continue Reading Start Page Is Now iGoogle
Google Apps Now Supports User Policy Management
From the official Google Apps blog…
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Google Apps administrators can now segment their users into different organizations and control which Google services are enabled/disabled for each of those different sets of users.
– Allows creation of organizations in a tree-like hierarchy
– Manage membership of users into one organization
– Specify policies for which services are on/off by organization
Updates […]…Continue Reading Google Apps Now Supports User Policy Management
Update on Google Apps Evaluation
An update on where we are in the Google Apps evaluation process, including a schedule of our upcoming presentations with links to outlines has been posted to the main LIS blog. It can be found at http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2010/07/14/update-on-evaluation-of-google-apps-for-higher-ed/…Continue Reading Update on Google Apps Evaluation
EDUCAUSE Webcast: Google Apps at Brown
Join us in Davis Family Library 145 at 1pm on Wednesday, July 14th for an exciting EDUCAUSE webcast that focuses on Brown’s Google Apps experience!
From the EDUCAUSE website:
“About a year ago, Brown deployed Google Apps to its 6,000 students and has now decided to extend the service to include faculty and staff as well. In […]…Continue Reading EDUCAUSE Webcast: Google Apps at Brown