Google Apps for Education is Live!

All PPS staff and students in the District now have a Google Apps for Education account! Google Apps for Education is a suite of tools including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Sites, and Google+. Google Apps gives everyone the ability to quickly, and easily, create and share documents on any computer or mobile device. It also allows for quick, adhoc, meetings with staff in different locations using Google Hangouts. For more information on the benefits of Google Apps click here.

To access your Google Apps account please go to the https://activategafe.pps.net/ and enter your PPS username and password. After you have activated your account, to begin using Google Apps for Education, visit the District domain at http://apps4pps.net.

Each student will also need to activate their Google Apps account at https://activatestudentgafe.pps.net/ by entering their PPS username and password. After their account is activated, they can begin to use Google Apps for Education by logging in at http://apps4pps.net.

Usernames will not be your normal PPS email address or username, it will be your PPS username followed by @apps4pps.net. Your staff username will not be your normal PPS email. It will be your PPS username followed by @apps4pps.net. For example, if your email is rsmitch@pps.net you would use rsmitch@apps4pps.net. Your password will be the same as what you entered on the activate page. Student usernames follow the same protocol. If the student email is rsmitch3255@student.pps.net or rsmitch3255 they would use rsmitch3255@apps4pps.net. Their password will be the same as what they entered on the activation page.

Students must log into Google Apps with their own individual account. To view information about student accounts and password complexity rules, visit our webpage at: http://www.pps.k12.or.us/departments/information-technology/6417.htm

If you have any questions regarding Google Apps for Education or have trouble activating your Google Apps account, please contact the IT Service Desk at 503.916.3375 or email itservicedesk@pps.net for support.