During the deployment last year, the common question we had then was, Why Google Apps? The following information will provide additional clarification and hopefully answers to the common questions we got. This will help as well the new users to the NORMISIST / CSU accounts.

About Google Apps

Google Apps are more efficient tools for more effective education. Google Apps delivers the advanced technology faculty members and college students need to communicate and collaborate.

Enhanced communication
* 7+ GBs of storage means Gmail users never have to worry about a full inbox.
* Integrated calendar includes subscriptions, group calendars and resource scheduling.
* Web-based applications are available to access from any computer or Internet-enabled mobile device.
* To know more about it and to watch a video related to communication, please click this link: COMMUNICATION

Smarter collaboration
* Access documents remotely and collaborates in real time.
* Sharing and privacy controls let document creators choose who can access and edit their docs.
* Build group or project sites without HTML, and include multiple contributors.
* To know more about it and to watch a video related to collaboration, please click this link: COLLABORATION

Security and stability
* Our data is private and secure, with Google’s SAS 70 Type I and Type II certifications.
* Extensive APIs and support of open industry standards lets Google Apps easily integrate with existing IT systems.
* Optional email security and archiving services from Postini help us stay compliant.

Main Feature:

Google Apps Education Edition combines email, chat, documents and scheduling

Learn more about Google Apps email, document management system, calendar, e-groups and sites.

Google Apps Email System

• Over 7GB of space that’s constantly growing, we can just forget about quotas.
• Stay connected with built-in IM, voice and video chat with other users of the CSU Mail System.
• Protect our campus with best in class spam and virus protection.
• Find the message you're looking for in seconds with the power of Google Search in Gmail.
• E-groups can be created for each offices. If you want to send an email to a particular group, example for all faculty members of CEIT, you may just send it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• For new faculty members without an account yet, please call the ICT Center and look for the website administrator. For existing faculty members, please click here to log-in.

CSU Sites (Websites you can create using your CSU Account)

• Keep your documents current. It's easy to make sure everyone sees the most updated version of your file, everytime. When there are multiple people editing at once, we'll keep a record so you can see who added and deleted what, when.
• Edit your documents and spreadsheets from anywhere. All you need is a Web browser - your documents and spreadsheets are stored securely online. To work on documents offline, or distribute them as attachments, simply save a copy to your own computer in the format that works best for you.

  To view video tutorials, please click on the images below:

  Google Applications

Google Mail

Google Calendar

  Google Sites

  Google Documents

• Share changes in real-time. Invite people to your documents/spreadsheets and make changes together, at the same time. Your sharing tools are integrated with your Gmail contact list so it's easy to invite new collaborators and viewers within an organization.