What is South Seattle Community College's new tool "SSGA" all about?
Way back in the beginning of 2007, your TLC began investigating Google's myriad of online applications as another means of delivering education ~ in particular to help supplement face-2-face, hybrid and online classrooms ~ and to bring back student e-mail accounts. At that time, we discovered Google was just beginning to offer a powerful suite of 'Intranet' integrated tools called "
GOOGLE APPS" to
educators (and their students) for FREE - giving each of our users over 6GB of storage!
It didn't take long before South seriously got on board and by March 27th 2008, SouthSeattle.edu Google Apps "SSGA" was officially launched and it has been quietly growing bigger and bigger throughout our campus and the district since. Even our sister campus, Central (SCCC) has adopted Google Apps and North (NSCC) is 'seriously considering it for student e-mail', as well!
So what does this mean to you? Read on! :)
GET STARTED!
Upon registration, all SSCC students are automatically issued their own SouthSeattle.edu Google Apps (SSGA) Account. Faculty, Staff and Administrators are encouraged to get their own accounts, as well! Even South committees, services, programs and departments are beginning to adopt SSGA! Here are a few examples that have sprung up!
Even Central has quietly begun to weave their own version of Google Apps into their campus (students are automatically given account there as well) and North is seriously considering it for their students this coming Fall.
To activate your faculty, staff or administrator SSGA account and training,
With your SSGA Account you receive an integrated suite of educational and highly collaborative online applications! Yours for free from here on and available to you anywhere you have a computer with Internet access!
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GMail (ridiculous amount of e-mail space with the #1 search tool and more!) |
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START Page (a.k.a. iGoogle - ,maintain your own start page widgets: 'notes', news and much more!) |
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CALENDAR (create shared calendars and much more!) |
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DOCS (produce and share docs, spreadsheets, presentations and much more!) |
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TALK (Chat with your peers, students and anyone else who has a gmail or aim account! More alternate client services on the horizon!) |
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SITES (Google's #1 web application - create your own online presence!) |
LOGIN (portal) websites:
Google BLOGS
Get more information about Google applications in a variety of ways -- begin with their Blog community!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Q: I already have a GMail account - why would I want another?
A: Your SSGA Account offers more features to our campus than the usual GMAIL account. For example, it has built-in collaborative tools for team and class projects. SSGA also provides a powerful online area to maintain your college work v.s. your personal online materials. That said, you can always FORWARD your SouthSeattle.edu e-mail to a preferred e-mail account. You can also take the reverse approach and point up to 5 different e-mail accounts towards your new SSGA e-mail account.
Watch these videos to learn how ...
Q: Where do I login?
A: South, Central and District have activated Google Apps and these are their access points for logging in. North is currently considering it for their student emails, as well:
Q: Who can help me if I need training or some educational ideas I'd like to try out within SSGA?
Q: Who can help me if I experience technical problems with SSGA?
Training Videos (from SSCC's TLC)
Students explain Google Apps! (video)
Students talk about Google Apps in Education
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educators (and their students) for FREE - giving each of our users over 6GB of storage!