Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Google Apps

Remember, your students are using the GMail email addresses to contact staff and teachers through email. ALL STAFF have an account, and when students try to contact you, they are emailing your GMAIL account. You will need to forward your GMAIL emails to your Outlook emails so that you don't have to check 2 places !!!

Here are the directions!

Forwarding your Gmail email to your Outlook inbox
  • Log into school Google Apps account
  • Click on Mail
  • Click on Settings in the top right hand corner of the page
  • Click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP
  • Click on Add a FORWARDING ADDRESS
  • Type in your school email address (username@coppellisd.com)
  • It will send a verification email to your outlook account
  • Go to Outlook and click on the verification email and follow the directions
  • Go back to Gmail
  • Go back to Settings/Forwarding and POP/IMAP
Be sure to choose FORWARD A COPY OF INCOMING MAIL TO:
Now you can pick your email address !

 When you have all the settings the way you want them, you can then scroll to the bottom of the page and choose SAVE CHANGES !

Now all of your “Gmail” emails will go to your outlook box !!

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For further directions go to:
https://sites.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/coppell-google-apps/gmail

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