Guide to Google Apps @ Illinois Email Accounts
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Making an account and choosing how to use it
Getting Started with Google Apps @ Illinois
Find out what you need to do to create an account, log in, and start using Google Apps @ Illinois for the
first time.
Choosing How to Use Google Apps @ Illinois
Google Apps @ Illinois offers several ways to get your email and applications, including a web interface and configuration for various desktop email
clients such as Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail.
More help and tutorials
Google's Online Tutorials
Learn how to use Google App features through the Google Online Training tutorial pages.
Setting up Google Sync (mobile devices)
Visit the Google Sync page for links to Google Sync service overview and configuration instructions for various mobile devices.
Frequently asked questions about Google Apps @ Illinois
What is Google Apps @ Illinois?
The Urbana campus has partnered with Google to provide its students with online collaboration services. The services, known as Google Apps @ Illinois, include Email, Calendaring, Docs, Sites, and Instant Messaging/Chat.
Why is Illinois using Google Apps?
Google Apps @ Illinois allows Illinois students to have:
- increased email storage - over 7 GB and still increasing,
- Google Sync, which coordinates your email, calendar, and contacts on your mobile device,
- Web-based applications available from any computer or Internet-enabled mobile device, and
- greater collaboration tools such as calendars, documents, spreadsheets, and presentation applications
Who is eligible for a Google Apps @ Illinois account?
Illinois undergraduate students are currently eligible for Google Apps @ Illinois accounts.
Illinois faculty, staff, and graduate students are not yet eligible for Google Apps @ Illinois accounts and should continue to use existing email services (e.g., CITES Express Email or Microsoft Exchange).
Let us know what you think: Do you plan to use Google Apps @ Illinois? Got a feature to request or a bug to report? Tell us about it at the Google Apps Feedback Form.
Do I have to create a Google Apps @ Illinois account?
You are not required to create a Google Apps @ Illinois account. You are required to have a valid email account where you will have campus email sent; this account could be a part of your Google Apps account, but it does not have to be. You can also use an email account you already have.
To select where you would like your official campus email sent, visit the Campus Email Setup page.