Stay Connected with Sunshine Coast TAFE; Google Email and Collaboration Tools
Sunshine Coast TAFE, in collaboration with Google, has recently completed a project to provide Google Apps to students early in the 2009 academic year.Sunshine Coast TAFE will provide students with a free Gmail account (and access to other Google Apps), created automatically after they enroll, so that students and teachers have another avenue for communication during the course of their study. It will also allow the Institute to communicate with specific students about important notices and other events of interest.
The initial service offering to students will include:
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SCIT Student Portal - What's Included? | Hide |
 | Student Email (via Gmail) - What's Included? | Hide |
 | Google Calendar - What's Included? | Hide |
 | Contacts - What's Included? | Hide |
 | Google Docs - What's Included? | Hide |
It is anticipated that the rollout of Google Apps at the Sunshine Coast TAFE will greatly benefit students in their studies by increasing their ability to collaborate and co-ordinate with fellow students.
Logging in to Gmail and the other Google Apps for the first time
Login details for first time access will be:Username: 'SCIT student number'@sunshinecoasttafe.edu.au (eg. 012345678@sunshinecoasttafe.edu.au)
Initial password: your date of birth in ddmmyyyy format(eg. 23051986)
You will be required to change this password when you log in the first time.
For Students
It is essential that you regularly read your email as important information will be sent to you from both academic and administrative staff.For Staff
Staff normally access their email on campus using a desktop client (Microsoft Outlook). If staff are off campus, however, Webmail is available to easily access their email using a normal Web Browser. To email a student, enter their studentnumber@sunshinecoaasttafe.edu.au. Student numbers can be found on class rolls. To create a distribution list in Outlook to bulk email you class, read this help guide, Creating a Student Distribution List in Outlook.Email Etiquette and Electronic Resources Student Rules
Please ensure that you also read about Section 15 of the TAFE Queensland Student Rules, Titled "Appropriate Use of Computing and Electronic Resources".Account Creations and spreading the word to students
Sunshine Coast TAFE has developed an automated process for the creation of Google Apps accounts for up to 30,000 students (and that is just the beginning). Based on their student number, accounts will be updated daily for newly enrolled students as they join the TAFE (roughly a 24 hour turn around for account creations post-enrolment).We'll also be distributing the below brochure from our centres and posting posters around our campuses (linked below).
SCIT/Google Promotional Brochure [pdf, 1,242kb] SCIT/Google Promotional Poster [pdf, 301kb]
