Personal Google Account (PGA): any Google account that you use that is NOT affiliated with IU

• PGA login IDs typically take the form of an email “whatever@gmail.com”

IU Google Account (IUGA): the Google account created for you by IU.

• Your IUGA login ID will take the form of “yourIUname@iu.edu“

NOT “yourIUname@iupui.edu” — not only is IUPUI going away, but anything beyond @iu.edu has always been an alias, so as far as any outside contractor is concerned, @iu.edu is the only domain that exists.

• To login to this account you need to authenticate through CAS SSO.

CAS SSO: the process IU uses to authenticate secure transactions. You probably just know it as “that thing I do to sign into Canvas, or Employee Center…” or “that thing that pings my Duo login.” It is how IU knows you are you.

Google Suite (= GSuite): a series of cloud-based services, apps, etc. offered by Google that can be accessed using the same Google login ID. Their selling point tends to be file-sharing (i.e. multiple people have real time access to and can edit the same files, synchronously if need be with live updates). The services you need to be familiar with here are:

• Gmail: email (but see FERPA note below)
• Drive (= GDrive): file storage (but see FERPA note below)
• Sites (= GSites): website editing and publishing
• Docs (= GDocs): word documents