OIT is partnering with Google to launch “Google Apps at UMass Amherst,” a customized version of Google’s popular suite of online productivity and collaboration tools, including Gmail, designed especially for educational institutions.
Beginning in late summer, the university’s 19,000 undergraduates will be able to sign up for a Google Apps account, choose to have their official UMass Amherst e-mail delivered to Gmail, and start using the other tools in the Google Apps suite, including Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google Calendar.