Google Apps Login for Teachers
1) / Using the Chrome browser -- Go to Google’s homepage and click the sign in button. /2) / Type in your Henrico County Email Address and the first-time password is: Buckshot1.
Click Sign In.
By staying signed in you should stay logged into Google Docs. /
3) / Read the User Agreement and agree to the terms to continue to your account. /
4) / Click the “Get Started” button to go to your Google Docs/Drive account. Google Drive gives you 5GB of free online storage space on “The Cloud.” /
5) / Once logged in, you will see your home screen for Google Docs/Drive.
Click the “Create Button” and you can create:
● a Document
● a PowerPoint-like “Presentation”
● an Excel-like “Spreadsheet”
● a Google Form for collecting Data
● a Drawing App
● a Folder or “Collection” to organize content.
All of these apps, with the exception of forms, allow you to create collaboratively and share the content on the web.
Once you are logged in you can access all of Google’s many features from the top black bar. /
6) / Teachers should see the HCPS Logo on the top corner of their Homepage and have the @henrico.k12.va.us domain by their username. / Teachers:
6) / Google Drive gives you 5GB of free online storage space. To upload files to Google Drive/Docs click the Upload button next to the Create button.
You can Upload Microsoft documents to Google Drive to share as original documents or convert the Word doc to a Google doc. You can also download a Google Doc to your computer as a Microsoft file. /
7) / Just uncheck the Covert box when the menu presents itself, to upload a document in its original format. Then you can share the link to it for others to download directly. /