Personal Gmail vs. Los Rios Gmail: Appearances Differ

Though how Los Rios Gmail works is basically the same as a personal Gmail account, the appearance of the Mail page differs in a few ways:

1. A personal Gmail page has the Google logo in the upper-left corner, and a Los Rios Gmail page has the logos of the Los Rios colleges in the same location.
2. A personal Gmail account includes a profile photo but Los Rios Gmail accounts do not.
3. The links to Google tools at the top of the browser window are not the same, as the Los Rios Google Apps domain does not include access to most of the tools included in a personal Google account.
4. Though Los Rios Google Apps includes the Google Calendar tool, Gmail labs are not allowed (this means the Google Calendar gadget cannot be included on the Gmail page.

The Mail page for a Los Rios Gmail account

The Mail page for a personal Gmail account

Forward Los Rios Gmail

I created a video showing how to set up forwarding for Los Rios Gmail to another email account. This is especially for students who were used to the automatic forwarding that occurred with our previous student email system.

And Other Google Accounts

I did some testing with using a Google Form and some coworkers and discovered that before sharing something that requires Los Rios authentication (like limiting a form to Los Rios people or certain users), the recipients should be warned that they should be logged out of other Google accounts before clicking on a link to a Los Rios Google item that requires authentication.

Some of our users will learn the neat trick that the Google Chrome browser has where you can different users active on the same computer (but in different browser windows).

Los Rios Google Apps and PowerPoint

Los Rios Google Apps can be used to manage PowerPoint presentations.

Student Editors on a Los Rios Google Apps Site

This is cross-posted on Greg Desires2Blog
The Los Rios Google Sites tool can support a group assignment wherein create a web site together. This video shows how to add students' Los Rios Google user accounts as editors to a Los Rios Google Site. The names are taken from the classlist on a D2L course offering.