Jing Cast for Creation of a
Professional Gmail Account
By Matt Chonka
EDTC6432: Essentials of
Computer Authoring
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.
State Objectives
• Students will create a professional Gmail
account on Google.
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.
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.
Require Learner Participation
• After creating a new Gmail account
students will send an email to the teacher
using the new account.
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.
Step 1 How to get to Google to set
up your account
• Use web browser of your choice
• Go to www.google.com
• Click on Gmail at top of page
Step 2 Create a new account
• Click on create a new account in lower
right hand section of page
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
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'.
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).
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.
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
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
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.
Jing Cast of Tutorial
• Click here for the tutorial