Benefits :
1. Creating username@yourschool.com for every student and teacher
2. Using Google Docs for sharing information between teachers & Students or group of students.
3. Assigning Group Projects to students by Teachers
See a quick how-to below to create your own user accounts for your own website on google apps
First Step : Moving on to the google apps web site
type : http://www.google.com/apps/ in browser address bar
Select : School IT Managers
Select : Free Google Message Security
Select : Type of Institute (K-12 for Primary & Secondary School or College / University for College)
Select : Sign Up Now
Type : Your Domain Name (eg. schoolname.com,.edu,.in,etc)
Select : Continue Sign Up
Fill up : the Sign Up form with relevant information on number of students etc.
Note : Select tick mark for "I understand that if I cannot alter DNS records for my domain, I may impact my organization's ability to use Google Apps"
Note : for signing up properly you need to change MX Record and CNAME of your website. You can make changes to your website from its control panel. It is only possible if you have administrator username and password
(You may follow steps as given here on below link to change MX Record)
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33352
(You may follow steps as given here on below link to change CNAME)
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=53340
Note : After making necessary changes to your website fill in the form with necessary information
Select : Continue
Creating your administrator account
type : username (of your choice)
type : password (of your choice)
Re-enter : the password
Select : I accept. continue with setup
Finally find the Main Google Apps Dashboard for your use
It will be active within 24-48 hours
you can create new users for google apps
