G Suite for Education
Mount Erin College are using G Suite For Education to support learning and teaching. This page provides information about using G Suite for Education and advice in relation to its safe and responsible use.
Mount Erin College are using G Suite For Education to support learning and teaching. This page provides information about using G Suite for Education and advice in relation to its safe and responsible use.
Information For Parents
G suite for education is an internet based service provided by Google for classroom activities. It provides students with access to online education services such as: Classroom, Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Vault, Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides, Sites & Hangouts.
The online services offered by Google may be updated from time to time, but are only made available to students once they have been reviewed and approved by the Department of Education and Training (DET).
Whilst your school provides your student’s Department username and password to Google to enable them to only access their own information on G Suite for Education, there are some things that you can do to help keep their information safe.
Remind them not to share passwords with anyone, as they cannot be sure how secure another person will be with their details.
Teachers will remind students to only use G Suite for Education for activities related to schoolwork.
Talk about appropriate uses of technology at school and at home. Remind them that anything uploaded to G Suite for Education can be viewed by teachers.
In rare cases, Google’s technical support team may have access to information stored in G Suite for Education.
Please note that Google will never contact you or your child directly. If you or your child are contacted by anyone claiming to be Google support, contact your school immediately.
Below is the link to access the Google Apps Privacy Policy Opt-Out Form. This form only needs to be completed if you don’t want your child to take advantage of Google Apps.