Choosing a Domain for your Chromebook

Choosing a Domain for your LAUSD Chromebooks

When purchasing Chromebooks, schools have two options on how they would like their machines configured. Schools have the option of creating their own domain for granular control of their computers, or connect them to the LAUSD.net domain for ease of use. Chromebooks are inherently different from a typical laptop -they must be connected to a Domain (a “home” location on the internet).

Both approaches have benefits and drawbacks, as shown below. As you can see, the one beneficial part of choosing your school's domain (Downloading Apps), is highly outweighed by the benefits of choosing LAUSD's domain. The benefits of having lower cost, easier use, easier account creation, and more, show that the LAUSD.net domain is the way to go.

	*LAUSD.net Domain*	*Your School’s Domain*	*Best Choice*
Cost	Free Domain Anti-Theft - $2.81/per device/per year	$8 Initial Domain Cost Anti-Theft - $2.81/per device/per year	LAUSD
Ease of Use	“Turn Key” Solution No Technical Expertise Required	Technical Expertise is a Must Onsite MCSA -Highly Recommended to Administer/Maintain System	LAUSD
Account Creation	Accounts (students, teachers, staff) Already Created Same as SSO	Must Create/Maintain Individually	LAUSD
Passwords	Managed by SSO For All Users Nothing Needs To Be Configured	Must Be Created/Reset Manually By School Administrator	LAUSD
Downloading Apps	Unable to push Apps to Chromebooks, however ITD can whitelist Apps and students can download in Chrome Web Store. (24 hours)	Administrative user can push down apps to devices.	Your School’s Domain
Email	No Action Needed Pre-configured	Students and teachers will have GMAIL account from domain. Teachers manage 2 email accounts (Outlook and GMAIL)	LAUSD
Student/Teacher Transfer or Matriculation	Students will always have access to their files regardless of school enrollment.	Before leaving school, students will have to download their documents on a portable storage device.	LAUSD
GAFE (Google Apps For Education)	Apps are pre-configured and ready to go for student, teacher, and staff member collaboration.	Apps must be configured manually.	LAUSD