1. Jing Cast for Creation of a Professional Gmail Account By Matt Chonka EDTC6432: Essentials of Computer Authoring

2. Analyze Learners New students in High School need to have a professional email to use for their school work and post High School careers. Most students have emails that are personal in nature and will need to create an email that is useful for applications, resumes, etc.

3. State Objectives Students will create a professional Gmail account on Google.

4. Select Methods, Media & Materials Students will follow through a short tutorial of creating a Gmail account using a PowerPoint presentation. Students will then break into groups and use their notes and hyperlinked Jing cast to create a new account.

5. Utilize Media and Materials Students will use computers and web browser software to create a Gmail account on Google following along with the created Jing cast. Experienced students will coach inexperienced students in the process.

6. Require Learner Participation After creating a new Gmail account students will send an email to the teacher using the new account.

7. Evaluate and Revise Teacher will have email open and projected to show new emails as they are delivered. Students will peer review if emails are sent with a professional name. Students without a professional email will recreate a professional email account.

8. Step 1 How to get to Google to set up your account Use web browser of your choice Go to www.google.comwww.google.com Click on Gmail at top of page

9. Step 2 Create a new account Click on create a new account in lower right hand section of page

10. Step 3 Name and Login Fill in name and a desired login name –Login name should be professional and have your last name and initial in the name Be sure to check for availability by clicking on the appropriate button –If the name is already in use try something new

11. Step 4 Create a password that you can remember Include punctuation marks and/or numbers. Mix capital and lowercase letters. Include similar looking substitutions, such as the number zero for the letter 'O' or '$' for the letter 'S'. Create a unique acronym. Include phonetic replacements, such as 'Luv 2 Laf' for 'Love to Laugh'.

12. Things to avoid when making a password Don't use a password that is listed as an example of how to pick a good password. Don't use a password that contains personal information (name, birth date, etc.) Don't use words or acronyms that can be found in a dictionary. Don't use keyboard patterns (asdf) or sequential numbers (1234). Don't make your password all numbers, uppercase letters or lowercase letters. Don't use repeating characters (aa11).

13. Step 5 Options and Password After choosing a password you can choose to activate web history You can also set Google as your homepage or click to deselect Next choose a security question in case you forget your password. You can even write your own question and answer if you choose.

14. Step 6 Secondary email account Enter a secondary email account name If you forget your password information can be sent to your secondary email address, if you've provided one. Sending password recovery information to your secondary email address is safer. This allows you to reset your password without displaying your security question. Google will also use your secondary email address to communicate with you in the following instances: –You cannot log in to Gmail –You are about to run out of storage space –Notification of unusual activity within your account

15. Step 7 Verification Enter in your location (US is the default) and birth date Then type in the word verification –Sometimes this is hard to read

16. Step 8 Terms of Service Finally read the terms of service and click the I accept button. Congratulations you have just created a new Gmail account.

17. Jing Cast of Tutorial Click here for the tutorial