Educational Technology

Only those Google services that are applicable to an educational setting are provided in our GUSD Google domain. Some of the tools available in a public Google account will not be available in the GUSD Google domain.

While online spaces can never guarantee 100% privacy, Google Apps for Education are in a "controlled environment" where teachers can see student work.  Mail can be searched school personnel can access electronic communications if it becomes necessary to retrieve student emails. Furthermore, student responsible use of technology is part of teacher and student learning at GUSD and reinforced by teachers working with students using online tools.

In addition, Google Apps for Education is different than Google’s regular products and are ad-free, data is owned by the user, not Google, and is protected under Google’s privacy policy, and extra security features are always being introduced.  You can read more about Google’s security and privacy for Google Apps for Education here. 

Our goal is to provide students with a safe environment for learning and help them to navigate the complex digital environment around them in a safer way.

Students will be given this information by school staff.

No, their accounts are configured to only send and receive mail from within our domain. 

Yes. Your child would need to share the documents with you under the “Share” option, or make those documents viewable to “anyone with a link” within that same “Share” option.

Yes. Your child’s Student Google account is a privilege and, if abused, its use will be revoked.

Yes, they can use their account from a Windows, Mac, or Chromebook computer with a supported browser and access to the Internet.

The GUSD Google domain can only be accessed using an internet connection. Your child will not be able to interact with their GUSD Google account in your home unless you have internet access. Public venues such as libraries offer free wireless internet connections that would allow students this access.

No. Students will need to use their GUSD Gmail accounts to take full advantage of our GUSD Apps for Education.

If you do not want your student using their GUSD assigned Google account, you can opt out your student by completing the opt-out form.