Google free mail server, website for Vietnamese universities

Sharing information and ideas has a very important meaning to the learning process. Imagine, if all of your students are sharing a service package, allowing for communication, communication and collaboration - both simple and easy to use and powerful, life will be like how?

Recently, the search giant introduced Google Apps for Education (http://www.google.com/a/edu/), a Web software package dedicated to Education. With Google Apps, universities will be able to offer free services such as email, IM chat, schedule and work.

Most notably, the school will be able to provide mailboxes to all students, with the name of the school instead of Gmail (eg Tuan@khxhnv.com.vn or tung@rmit.com without having to hire host or mail server investment.

Not only does the school benefit, the service promises to give students a lot of tools to share lectures, information, contacts and connections. Of course it is completely free.

Realistic benefit

With Google Apps for Education, universities do not have the conditions to build IT infrastructure and mail server systems, websites can easily provide email services, chat, website, work management to birth. Your teachers and teachers are completely free.

The solution Google provides for these universities for free may be sold to other Internet companies such as Yahoo for businesses at a high price, but it is unlikely that Google will be able to use more effectively. storage and security.

Currently universities in ASEAN have begun to respond very positively to this free tool. This is also an opportunity for universities in Vietnam to popularize IT applications for students and teachers without having to invest in infrastructure, server systems, transmission lines . To learn more about How other universities in ASEAN have applied this service, universities can register for online seminars on Google Apps for Education at http://www.google.com/a/help/ intl / en / edu / seminars.html

Utilities? There are many utilities

Mail server system like Gmail : Giving students the free mailboxes, extremely large capacity, little spam. With a storage capacity of up to 2GB and an email search engine, students no longer have to worry about archiving or "quota" hosting their mailboxes. On the other hand, with IM chat software integrated right in the Gmail browser, students can discuss exercises with other students from any computer, without installing any additional software.

Google Talk : Allows students to stay in touch even outside of school hours, through instant messaging (IM) and Internet telephony (VoIP) technology.

Google Calendar : One of the most requested products. Google Calender allows students to schedule their schedules easily, proactively, and share it with others. Scheduling a group, experimenting or joint research has never been so simple. In addition, students can register to receive the school calendar, view financial aid information, update lesson information in parallel with their personal information.

Google Page Creator : Allows you to create a new website, based on your school's domain name quickly and easily. Website design tool is very intuitive: " See what is there ".

Google Start Page - the central meeting point for all students, where the school logo and news are posted and updated every minute. Students can browse in front of their mailbox, timetable as well as search the web.

The account never expires : Google will not delete or suspend an account even if a long student is not logged in. They will never have to worry about losing important information or data.

Easy administration

The relationship between the school and students does not necessarily end after they graduate. The Google Apps service package supports users even when they leave the school, allowing the school to maintain contact with their alumni, and among themselves alumni.

Completely free, really free : You don't need to spend anything on using Google Apps for Education - no hardware, no software and no technical advice.

Strict information protection policy : Protecting customer privacy is a vital policy for Google's success. Schools can refer to the firm's commitment to protecting and "guarding" information in the Privacy section.

Idle technicians: Since Google Apps for Education is maintained directly by Google engineers on its server system, the school almost does not need to invest anything for its IT department. Instead of struggling to fix email server errors, you can focus your time and energy on other resources, work and projects, directly benefiting students.

Support for open standards : Google's service operates on a variety of platforms and it does not force the school to choose a specific browser or interface.

"Instant noodles" : With Google Apps, the school does not need to plan servers, balance data traffic, backup policies . Nothing! The school may start providing email on the day of registration for the service package, because all work has Google as a household.

Google said it designed the service package on the basis of careful analysis of limited budgets and limited time funds of schools. Therefore, from the registration process, put into operation until maintenance, operation, and effort of the school are minimized to yield to Google engineers.

Steps to register

To sign up for a free service package, visit the address: http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new

Then log in with an existing Google account (if not already, sign up for a new account). Google will ask some questions about the school and based on which to consider, decide whether to "donate" Google Apps.

Google is committed from time to time, they will integrate new, highly supportive products into the Google Apps for Education software package, ensuring the school always catches up with the latest, most trendy technologies.

Here are 5 basic steps for schools to register to use Google Apps for Education. During use, if you have any questions, network administrators and school technicians may ask Google for additional instructions or detailed information.

Step 1 : Sign-up

Click on the "Sign up now" button on the screen to start the registration process. Google will verify the information you provide and will send a notification email if they accept the school to try the beta. Usually, this process only takes 1-2 days.

Step 2 : Access to "Control Panel" (control panel) and create a user list

A special link inside the welcome message will allow you to set up a new admin account (such as admin@name-domain-school.edu ). You will use this account to access the control panel of Google Apps for Education.

Within the control panel, you can list user accounts based on the domain of the school. To simplify this step, the control panel has a " Bulk account update " tool, allowing you to add new user accounts at the same time. Or you can use the API to integrate Google Apps for Education into your user management system.

Later, any time you can return to the Control panel to add, delete, hang or edit this list of user accounts.

Step 3 : Select the service

Also through the control panel, you will be selected for services for your students. You can choose from many different services at the same time, without any order or constraint, from Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar to website design or hosting tools. Maybe you just like email, or you can just choose the calendar and IM chat, because the current mail service is more than enough . - It all depends on the decision of the school.

As with step 2, you can return to the control panel at any time to add or remove services for your domain name.

Step 4 : Activate the service

To activate all the selected services, you need to make some adjustments to the domain's DNS (DNS record) records.

For example, you will use Google Apps for Education for the email system. In this case, you need to update the domain's Mail Exchange record - Google Apps will understand that this is a signal: You are ready, and it will take over the in / out email traffic from that moment. onwards.

Each service is activated in a slightly different way, but don't worry if you're not familiar with DNS records or domain settings. The control panel will provide complete instructions, along with a variety of helpful tips and advice.

Step 5 : Inform the user about the new set of tools, with instructions for use

After activating all the services, you can inform everyone in the school about the new system, as well as guide them how to access and use. This is the web address where you can find your connected information and communication services:

Email : http://mail.google.com/a/[-name- of-your.com]

Calendar : http://www.google.com/calendar/a/[ -name- of-your.com]

Trong Cam