Students, faculty and staff now have access to Google Drive through Google Apps at NDSU.
Google Drive provides 30 gigabytes of space that can be used to create and store documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The files can be easily shared with other NDSU students, faculty and staff and with people outside of the university. Google Drive also can be used to collaborate in real time and sync files to a computer or mobile device.
All employees and students automatically have their own NDSU account for Google Apps. Google services including Gmail and Google Calendar are not accessible through NDSU accounts.
To get started using Google Drive, go to www.ndsu.edu/its/help_desk/collaboration_and_storage.
Google Drive has been approved by NDSU’s General Counsel and can be used to store data and records protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA.
NDSU employees and students have a number of options for storing data related to their work at the university. For employees, NDSU’s central file services system, also referred to as Windows File Services, is the best option for securely storing and backing up sensitive data.
“The Information Technology Division is expanding options for data storage, and we’re working as a campus to develop guidelines to help select the best storage option for the specific data you’re working with,” said Marc Wallman, interim vice president for information technology. “We recognize that departments have diverse needs, and with that, we know the decision making process requires discussion between our staff and the employees who are storing data.”
If you have questions about the data you are storing or about FERPA, HIPAA or export control restrictions, contact NDSU's chief IT security officer at ndsu.itso@ndsu.edu.
Contact the NDSU IT Help Desk at 701-231-8685 (option 1) or ndsu.helpdesk@ndsu.edu if you have questions or need assistance.
NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.