Cloud Services are available to account admins with the
institutions.edit entitlement — no help from the Praxis team required.Google Services
Enable the Google capabilities your Twin should be able to use:| Service | What it enables |
|---|---|
| Gmail | Read and send mail |
| Google Drive | Read files and metadata |
| Google Calendar | Read calendars and events |
| Google Meet | Meeting context |
| Google Sheets | Read spreadsheets |
| Google Docs | Read documents |
| Google Slides | Read presentations |
| Google Classroom | Read courses and coursework |
| Google Maps | Location lookups (API-key based, not OAuth) |
Enabling a service requests only the OAuth scopes that service needs (for example, read-only Drive access or Calendar events). Some services depend on others — Docs, Sheets, and Slides require Drive, and Meet requires Calendar; enabling a child service automatically enables its parent.
Two ways to connect
When you enable Google Services you choose how the Twin authenticates:- Personal accounts (default)
Each user connects their own Google account. The Twin acts on that user’s data using their individual authorization. This is the default when Use Digital Twin identity is off.Users authorize and revoke their own access from their profile — see Google Services.
Open the instance editor
Admin → Digital Twin → edit an instance → Configuration and Integrations, then scroll to Google Services.
Choose the identity model
Leave Use Digital Twin identity off for personal accounts, or turn it on for a shared institutional account.
Connect (shared mode only)
If you enabled the shared identity, click Connect Google Account and complete the Google OAuth consent for the institutional account. Once connected, the page shows the connected email address and the last token refresh; tokens refresh automatically in the background. Click Disconnect to revoke the authorization and clear the institution credentials.
Kaltura
The same Configuration tab includes Kaltura settings for connecting your video platform, so the Twin can search and reference video content hosted in your Kaltura account:| Field | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Partner ID | Your Kaltura account (partner) identifier — found in the Kaltura Management Console under Settings → Integration Settings |
| Secret | The Kaltura API secret, found alongside the Partner ID. Can be an Admin Secret (full account access) or a User Secret (limited, read-only) |
| Is Admin Secret | Turn on when the secret is an admin-level secret; when off, a Client ID (the Kaltura User ID associated with the secret) is also required |
Related
- Google Services (user guide) — how users authorize their own accounts
- Google Workspace integration — integration overview
- Configuration — the rest of the instance configuration tab
- Tools — enabling the tools that act on connected services