Tip of the Week!
This week Ivy Tech rolled out Google Drive and Google Hangouts for all faculty, staff and students! Google Drive offers file storage and sharing via the web, this will allow you to more easily share documents with individuals at other campuses or outside collaborators.When you log into My Ivy you'll see a link for both Google Drive and Google Hangouts.
Google Hangouts will replace Blackboard IM, which will go away in June when we lose access to Blackboard.
To learn more about using both tools and to explore the integration of Google with IvyLearn, you may register for a free one-hour webinar:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/2002788298505063426
The webinar is currently scheduled to take place at 12 pm EST on Tuesday, April 4th; Wednesday, April 5th; and Thursday, April 6th.
Tips on Using Google Drive and Google Hangouts:
- If you currently use a personal Google account on your work computer, please log off prior to accessing MyIvy.
- Google Drive does not have the same functionality as your Home Drive, My Documents or Department Share Drives. Due to sharing documents, etc., there may be files shared with you by other people in your folder.
- Be careful about what you share with others. Review your shared files regularly and update access to those files.
- If you delete something in your Google Drive, the file is gone. There are no backups available for Google Drive. Information Technology cannot recover data that has been deleted from Google Drive.
- When searching for an Ivy Tech staff, faculty, or student within Google Hangouts, you will need to know their email address. For example, if you are searching for John Doe, you will see John Doe jdoe01@ivytech.edu. In order to confirm you are communicating with the correct person, you need to confirm the email address of that person.
If you need help with Google please visit: support.google.com
If any users have used their personal @ivytech.edu email address for their Google account:
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