For Immediate Release
September 29, 2008

Cañada College and Google Partner to Provide All Students With E-Mail

Students now have their own Cañada College email powered by Google!

Get the Message!

Students now have their own Cañada College email powered by Google!

On October 20th, 2008, every student will be given a new email account (@my.smccd.edu). You get:

•    Over 7 GB of storage!
•    Cool features: Calendar, Docs (presentations, documents, spreadsheets), Google Talk and Sites.  Google Docs has a "sharing" option in which you can simultaneously collaborate on files with your instructor or classmates.    Like Word, PowerPoint & Excel BUT it's free!
•    Ability to chat with friends, communicate with your instructors and get important college info.
•    To keep everything online so you don’t need to worry about losing your files.
•    An email account you can keep for life

After Oct. 20, all college correspondence will be sent to your official @my.smccd.edu email account.
my.smccd.edu will be the place students will:

-- Add to class waitlists
--Make registration appointments
--Correspond with Financial Aid
--Get WebSMART receipts
--Communicate with your instructors and classmates

You just have to log on once: You can forward your new email account to your current email account, if that’s your preference.

How do I access my new account?

Cañada College will use your current email address to send a message telling you how to log in, or you can visit WebSMART.

Benefits

--Emails can be viewed in your web browser, in Outlook, in Entourage or on your portable devices.

--Chat with your classmates in Google Talk (if you know their email address).

-- Google Calendar, a powerful online calendar that synchronizes with Outlook calendars, iCalendar, Entourage and portable devices.

-- Google Sites, Free online web site builder where instructors and students can publish club sites, personal sites, eportfolio sites, class group projects, or publicize campus events.

For more information, contact Robert Hood, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, at hoodr@smccd.edu or 306-3340