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Gemini Feature Comparison
Feature | Gemini for Students | Gemini for Employees | Gemini Education Add-On (Employees) | Gemini Education Premium Add-On (Employees) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Access to Gemini | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Suitable for use with PSU confidential data (1) | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Integration with Google Workspace, including Gmail, Drive, and Docs | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Access to Gems, custom AI agents for any topic, and extensions | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Access to Gemini Advanced, Google’s most capable AI models widely available today (2) | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Additional Google Meet features, such as automated note-taking | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
Additional Cost (3) | None | None | $16 / user / month | $24 / user / month |
Notes:
Gemini for Employees is covered by enterprise-grade data protection as a core service governed by the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service. NotebookLM and student use of Gemini is not covered by the same terms of service as Gemini for employees and is therefore not suitable for confidential or restricted PSU data.
Gemini Education Add-On gets 1,000 uses/month of Google’s most advanced AI model, while Gemini Education Premium Add-On receives unlimited access to the advanced model.
Technology Coordinators can purchase Gemini Add-Ons for employees in their department through the TC Service Desk.
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Generative AI can be a powerful tool for students when used responsibly, providing opportunities to enhance learning while maintaining academic integrity. Students should have explicit authorization from consult with their instructor before utilizing Generative AI tools for academic work, and , to determine the level, if any, of allowed generative AI usage (for example, using generative AI to write an assignment vs. using it to generate a preliminary set of references for review). In all cases, content must be appropriately attributed as indicated in the Academic Misconduct Policy.
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Generative AI can be used to enhance productivity and efficiency by helping to streamline administrative tasks for staff members. Here are some key examples of how it can be used.
Spreadsheets and data management
Generative AI driven tools can be used to help with day-to-day work with spreadsheets. These tools can provide spreadsheet templates that are targeted to specific needs with just a few prompts, like in this Sheets-based example from Google. Additionally, to reduce time spent on data entry and the manual curation of a spreadsheet, features like enhanced Smart Fill can be used.
Enhancing presentations, videos, and other multimedia content
Gemini Education and Education Premium Add-Ons can help simplify the creation of presentations and multimedia content. It can help build out a slide deck with greater ease by generating images based on prompts, suggesting new slides, summarizing content and more. Gemini can also be used in Google Drawings or Slides to remove unwanted content from images.
Two future features that could further help enhance the process of creating videos include the ability to generate a first draft of a video, with an outline, script and media assets. Gemini can also create images based on prompts, which can then be used in Google’s Vids as well.
Writing assistance
Both of PSU’s Gemini offerings can help create first drafts of written content. Using its chat interface to conduct conversations with the AI, new ideas can be developed and created. Gemini Education and Education Premium Add-Ons can be used from directly inside of Google Docs for convenient access. Gemini can help with proofreading and revising already written works, adjusting the tone, turning rough notes into coherent paragraphs, and more. Follow up prompts and additional questions and refinement can help the tool further hone content.
Email and inbox management
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Data analysis
Employees can use Gemini to analyze data. This could include synthesizing survey results, cleaning and classifying data, or looking for patterns or insights in a large data set.
Making meetings more manageable
Integrating AI-driven tools like Gemini and Zoom's AI Companion and Gemini can significantly enhance meeting efficiency and collaboration.
Zoom's AI Companion Features:
Zoom now incorporates a number of optional Gen AI features to help improve workplace efficiency, such as smart recording, in-meeting questions, and meeting summaries.
These AI-driven features collectively make meetings more efficient and inclusive, reducing administrative overhead and fostering seamless collaboration across teams. See the OAI+ page for more information on how to enable and use these features.
Gemini for Google WorkspaceMeet:
The Gemini Education Premium Add-on offers AI-assisted features that streamline various tasks within Google Workspace, including AI-Powered Note-Taking and Summaries in Meet, which automatically generates concise summaries of meeting discussions, enabling participants to quickly review key points and action items.
These features help save time and ensure that all team members, including those who may have missed a meeting, can stay informed without the burden of manual note-taking.
Zoom's AI Companion Features:
Zoom now incorporates a number of optional Gen AI features to help improve workplace efficiency, including:
Smart Recording: Automatically organizes cloud recordings into sections called smart chapters, provides key takeaways through recording highlights, and identifies action items with next steps.
In-Meeting Questions: Allows participants to submit and track questions in real-time during a meeting, keeping discussions focused and ensuring no query is overlooked.
Meeting Summary: Provides an AI-generated summary of the meeting, which can be shared with participants after the meeting ends, ensuring that everyone is informed of the key points discussed.
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Other use cases
The Gemini Education and Education Premium Add-ons enable additional functionality that can be used for other use cases, such as:
Enhancing presentations, videos, and other multimedia content
Email and inbox management
Spreadsheets and data management
Faculty Use Cases
The Office of Academic Innovation has resources and use cases for faculty that can be found at the OAI+ Generative AI for Teaching page.
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Generative AI For Educators
Thrive AI microcredential
A PSU microcredential program facilitated by Kathi Inman Berens, Thrive AI is an introductory course focused on applying Generative AI to teaching and research use cases. This course is available for faculty and staff.Duration: Approximately 2 weeks (10 hours)
Google Skillshop: Generative AI for Educators
A self-paced course designed to fit into a teacher’s busy schedule, helping educators understand AI concepts and tools, including generative AI. This course explores AI's role in education and its integration into the classroom.Duration: Approximately 2 hours
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NotebookLM
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a computer system taught to mimic human intelligence.
Machine learning (ML) is the technique that allows machines to learn autonomously from data.
Large language models (LLMs) are machine learning models that can understand, predict, and generate human language.
Generative AI (gen AI) is a type of AI that focuses on creating new content – like text, images, music, audio, code, and videos – by typing in a simple prompt.