{"id":280,"date":"2012-05-25T11:34:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=280"},"modified":"2023-12-12T08:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:57:37","slug":"gmail-and-google-apps-for-education-for-students-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Gmail and Google Apps for Education for students are here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you missed all of our announcements and emails and the ads on the T (okay, we didn\u2019t actually put ads on the T), we want you to know that all students have now been migrated to Gmail and Google Apps for Education!<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean? No more Webmail. No more tiny quota. No more searching for ways to share documents and projects with other students.<\/p>\n<p>Other than changing how your email looks and adding functionality, nothing else will change. You\u2019ll still have the same Simmons email address and you\u2019ll still use it to interact with other students and your professors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you need to do now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If you haven\u2019t done so, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gmail.simmons.edu\/\">gmail.simmons.edu<\/a>\u00a0to log in to your email.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 We\u2019re also recommending that all students\u00a0<strong>change their password<\/strong>. You\u2019ll need to do this if you want to check your email on a mobile device or with other email software like Apple Mail or Thunderbird. You can update your password at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/preferences.simmons.edu\/\">preferences.simmons.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Speaking of mobile devices, you can find instructions for setting up your iPhone, Android phone, Blackberry and more by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/project-connection.simmons.edu\/?cat=8\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If you have other question, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gonegoogle.simmons.edu\/\">gonegoogle.simmons.edu<\/a>\u00a0or contact the Service Desk at 617-521-2222 or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/servicedesk.simmons.edu\/\">servicedesk.simmons.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, we\u2019re here to help you start using this new and exciting service. Contact us with any questions or problems you\u2019re having and we\u2019ll do our best to find a quick and simple solution for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you missed all of our announcements and emails and the ads on the T (okay, we didn\u2019t actually put ads on the T), we want you to know that all students have now been migrated to Gmail and Google Apps for Education! What does this mean? No more Webmail. No more tiny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[202,236,223,246,183],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technews","tag-202","tag-236","tag-gmail","tag-google-apps-for-education","tag-simmons-email"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}