Google Drive

[Frank Hardart]

I am using Google Apps in a number of schools and really like it.

With the announcement of Google Drive, I was excited about the potential for using Google Drive in the schools to take the place of shared drives on the server.  The new ability to have a folder on your desktop and the option to click from the folder and open files (either Google Docs or other) makes Docs dramatically easier for people to use.  The challenge for using the Google Drive folder on the desktop seems to come in schools with shared computers without Domains (where there are separate logins for different people using the computer).  There doesn't seem to be an option for "logging out" of Google Drive on the desktop so that the next person has to log in to their Google Drive folder on the desktop.  I realize with the synching of files that happens with the Google Drive folder on the desktop, logging out is a difficult option to implement.  I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.  Is there a possibility for using folders on the desktop with Google drive in an environment where the computers are shared?

[David Held]

If I understand correctly, the computers are not joined to any domain. If that is the case than maybe some program like Foronic's Deep Freeze program or even Microsoft's Steady State may do the trick.

David

On Monday, May 7, 2012 5:11:20 PM UTC-4, Frank Hardart wrote:

I am using Google Apps in a number of schools and really like it.

With the announcement of Google Drive, I was excited about the potential for using Google Drive in the schools to take the place of shared drives on the server.  The new ability to have a folder on your desktop and the option to click from the folder and open files (either Google Docs or other) makes Docs dramatically easier for people to use.  The challenge for using the Google Drive folder on the desktop seems to come in schools with shared computers without Domains (where there are separate logins for different people using the computer).  There doesn't seem to be an option for "logging out" of Google Drive on the desktop so that the next person has to log in to their Google Drive folder on the desktop.  I realize with the synching of files that happens with the Google Drive folder on the desktop, logging out is a difficult option to implement.  I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.  Is there a possibility for using folders on the desktop with Google drive in an environment where the computers are shared?