Google Mail Fab Five!
Brenham ISD is GOING GOOGLE!
Meet Your Shiny New Brenham K-12 Google Account!
Your first part of your email address will be the same as your First Class account, but you will use @brenhamk-12.net.
Your password will be the same as your First Class account, but will have the letters “gs” at the beginning.
Click here for a brief training document.
The Fab Five of Google Mail!
1. Mail Forwarding
Go to First Class Preferences > Click on the Messaging tab > Click on the Mail Rules tab > Make your screen look like mine.
This will retain a copy of the original email in your First Class inbox and send a copy to your Gmail inbox! You can set up an automatic reply, if you desire.
Click here to find out how to get Gmail on your iPhone.
Click here to find out how to get Gmail on your Android.
2. Gmail Basics
- Compose, Reply, Forward, and Print messages
- Attach a file
- Conversation view
- Archive vs. delete
Need more help? Check out these links!
GCF Learn Free Interactive Tutorials - Gmail
3. Labels
- What are labels?
- Why use labels?
- How to create a label
- Nesting labels
Need more help? Check out this link!
4. Contacts
- Finding your contacts
- Using the BISD Directory
- Adding new contacts (outside of BISD)
Need more help? Check out these links!!
5. Settings
- Inbox settings
- Insert a signature
- Labs - Default Text Styling, Undo Send, Canned Response
Need more help? Check out this link!
Jessica Johnston
Instructional Technology Specialist
Brenham Independent School District
Email: jjohnston@brenhamk-12.net
Website: edtechchic.com
Location: Brenham, Texas
Phone: 979.277.3760
Facebook: facebook.com/edtechchic
Twitter: @edtechchic