LTU ALERT:
For Thursday 02/06/25, the campus will be closed until 12 noon today due to the severe weather. All classes scheduled after 12 noon will take place as scheduled. Students should check Canvas for details on classes.
For Thursday 02/06/25, the campus will be closed until 12 noon today due to the severe weather. All classes scheduled after 12 noon will take place as scheduled. Students should check Canvas for details on classes.
Lawrence Tech University offers the GSuite for Faculty, Staff, and Students. The GSuite provides apps for Collaboration, Communication, and Organization.
Access a suite of powerful Google tools to enhance your academic and collaborative work. Use Google Apps for cloud-based productivity, including Docs, Sheets, and Drive, and stay connected with LTU Gmail for official email communication with faculty, staff, and peers.
Due to a recent Google policy change that affects all higher education institutions, Google Drive storage for Lawrence Technological University is longer unlimited. We will have a 100 TB pooled storage for the entire University.
Contact the Help Desk at 248.204.2330 or helpdesk@ltu.edu to have your password reset.
Google Chat is a powerful way to communicate. You can start a message with one or more contacts; create a room for ongoing conversations with groups of people; and use bots to help automate your work.
Chat works in your computer browser and on mobile apps for Android and iOS. Chat keeps all your messages in sync no matter which devices you use, even if you switch between them.
Google Calendar is an Internet calendar that lets you keep track, create, manage, and share your own events and share your calendars with others. It’s the ideal tool for managing both departmental and individual schedules. It is both simple to use and very powerful.
Google introduced Google Appointment Schedules that will eventually replace Google Appointments. Appointment schedules are available using your LTU email / calendar. With appointment schedules, you can:
New appointment schedules offer the following improvements over appointment slots:
Open Google Calendar, Go to Settings, General
Scroll down at the General tab Appointment schedules and place checkmark in the box.
Google Drive lets you store and access your files anywhere — on the web, on your hard drive, or on the go. Now your files go everywhere you do. Change a file on the web, on your computer, or on your mobile device and it updates on every device where you have installed Google Drive. Share, collaborate, or work alone: your files, your choice. Drive integrates seamlessly with Docs, Sheets, and Slides, cloud-native apps that enable your team to collaborate effectively in real time. Create and share content with your team on Day 1, with no need to migrate from existing tools.
Google Docs brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs. Choose from hundreds of fonts, add links, images, and drawings. Access, create, and edit your documents wherever you go — from your phone, tablet, or computer — even when there’s no connection. With Google Docs, everyone can work together in the same document at the same time. All your changes are automatically saved as you type. You can even use revision history to see old versions of the same document, sorted by date and who made the change.
Manage event registrations, whip up a quick poll, collect email addresses, and much more. Choose from a bunch of question options, from multiple choice to dropdowns to a linear scale. Add images and YouTube videos, or get fancy with page branching and question skip logic. Responses to your surveys are neatly and automatically collected in Forms, with real time response info and charts. Or, take your data further by viewing it all in Sheets.
Google Meet makes it easy to start a secure video meeting. Join from any modern web browser or download the app, and you’re ready to go. With a Google Account can create an online meeting with up to 100 participants and meet for up to 60 minutes per meeting.
Google Sheets makes your data pop with colorful charts and graphs. Built-in formulas, pivot tables and conditional formatting options save time and simplify common spreadsheet tasks. Access, create, and edit your spreadsheets wherever you go — from your phone, tablet, or computer — even when there’s no connection. With Google Sheets, everyone can work together in the same document at the same time. All your changes are automatically saved as you type. You can even use revision history to see old versions of the same document, sorted by date and who made the change.
Google Slides makes your ideas shine with a variety of presentation themes, hundreds of fonts, embedded video, animations, and more. Access, create, and edit your presentations wherever you go — from your phone, tablet, or computer — even when there’s no connection. With Google Slides, everyone can work together in the same document at the same time. All your changes are automatically saved as you type. You can even use revision history to see old versions of the same document, sorted by date and who made the change.
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While we have made great strides, storage management is now a continuous effort. It is important the University remains below the pool threshold to prevent service interruptions such as the inability to send emails or upload new files.
To help us maintain this goal, we ask all faculty, staff, and students to perform regular “digital housekeeping”:
You can also check the total amount of storage by going to your Google Drive and clicking Storage at the bottom left.
If you notice that the storage used number is not going down, this is because you need to Empty the Trash in Google Drive.
To do this:
Previously, Google Workspace for Education was a free service provided to qualified education institutions. It offered unlimited storage and access to their various offerings including Gmail and Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.) as well as other Google services. As of 2021, Google has announced that it will be implementing a storage limit on all higher education institutions.
Google is expecting LTU to reduce our storage to 100 TB or under. The 100 TB is a pooled storage for the entire University.
Students currently enrolled in the university will continue to have access to Google services, however, unlimited access to Google storage will no longer be available.
Staff currently working in the university will continue to have access to Google services, however, unlimited access to Google storage will no longer be available.
Faculty currently teaching in the university will continue to have access to Google services, however, unlimited access to Google storage will no longer be available.
Alumni will continue to have access to Gmail.
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No. Google does not provide that functionality.
Unfortunately not. Google gives us the ability to control external sharing, but there are no settings to allow ownership transfer outside the organization.
In alignment with Google’s storage policies for higher education, Google Drive storage is no longer a feature of Lawrence Technological University alumni accounts. While LTU is pleased to continue providing alumni with email functionality, Drive access has been disabled to comply with university-wide storage limits.
Email Access: Your current @ltu.edu email address remains fully functional for sending and receiving messages.
Storage Access: Google Drive access is disabled for alumni. New graduates should ensure all personal files and projects are migrated to a personal storage solution immediately following graduation.
If you still have data within the LTU Google ecosystem, we strongly recommend using Google Takeout. This tool allows you to export your files, photos, and data to a personal Google account or a local hard drive.
LTU defines Alumni as those who have officially graduated and received a degree from the University.
Not at this time. While Drive storage is disabled, your email inbox remains active.
If LTU transitions to @alumni.ltu.edu in the future, we will provide ample notice and instructions on how to transition your contacts and saved data.
No, as Google Photos uses Drive storage you will no longer have access to it just like Drive.
Any active LTU students or employees will retain access to Google Drive.
Active users retain access for up to one year. If you just graduated, then you will continue to have access for up to one year since your last courses taken.
No. Google does not provide that functionality.
Unfortunately not. Google gives us the ability to control external sharing, but there are no settings to allow ownership transfer outside the organization.