Google Apps Integration

Google Apps now integrates with Moodle v1.9 and above. This will allow for a single sign-on for users of both Moodle and Google.

Essentially, once the integration is complete, students will be presented with a Google Apps block that will link out to their Google account. This will allow Moodle students to work online collaboratively rather than each downloading a document, making edits, uploading it to Moodle and then comparing with other documents.

This would be great for online group activities or exercises, collaborative websites and collaborative calendars.

As an admin, you need to coordinate your Moodle accounts with your Google accounts. Set up an Admin Account at Google - this is generally free if you are an educator. Each student in Moodle that is synced with Google apps will be granted a Gmail acccount. As a site admin or teacher, you will need to determine if you class(es) will use Gmail services to communicate or if you want to use the email address associated with your Moodle account (in some cases they could be the same).

Some limitations: Once the Moodle accounts are disabled, so are the Google accounts. However one could choose to grant access via Google to continue collaboration after a course is completed.