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• Available Apps
• Transitioning to Gmail
• Data Security
  
• Acceptable Use

Using Google Apps

• Getting Started
• Using Gmail
  
• Using Other Apps

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• Learning Opportunities
• Technical Support

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Getting Started

Signing Up for Google Apps

1. Click Sign Up on this site's home page. Sign-up access also is available on the Web-based E-mail page.
2. Review the Google Apps help/account information.
3. Click Opt In.
4. You will be forwarded to the Google opt-in page.
   • Check your eligibility.
   • Review the number of mail messages larger than 25 MB.
   • Find out the amount of time required to transfer your existing e-mail to your new Google Gmail account.
5. Read and agree to the terms and conditions.
6. Select your campus location.
7. Optional: Set a Google desktop/mobile client password. This enables access to your Google account via desktop or mobile IMAP clients. Read more information about Google desktop/mobile client passwords.

Logging In to Google Apps

Once you've set up your Google account, you're ready to get started sending e-mail using Gmail; creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations using Docs; chatting with colleagues using Talk; and keeping track of your schedule using Calendar. There are several ways to log in:

• Log in at http://google.umn.edu.
• If you log in to the University network with your Internet ID and password, you'll be authenticated for Google as well as other services.

• Visit the Google Start Page for your campus.

  The start page lets you preview your latest e-mail messages, calendar events, and documents, and chat with people in your Contacts list:

  • Crookston
  • Morris
  • Rochester
  • Twin Cities
• Visit Google Apps directly:
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Docs
  • Google Sites
  • Chat from within your e-mail account, or download the Google Talk client (Windows only).
• You also may check your e-mail by selecting the Gmail option on the Web-based E-mail site.

Managing Your Google Desktop/Mobile Client Password

• You can change your Google desktop/mobile client password by visiting your Internet Account Options page and selecting Change Your Google Desktop/Mobile Client Password in the Passwords/Security section.
• If you have forgotten your Google desktop/mobile client password, you can reset it by logging in with your Internet ID and password at your Internet Account Options page, and selecting Reset Google Desktop/Mobile Client Password. If you don't know either your Google desktop/mobile client password or your Internet password, call 1-HELP at (612) 301-4357 (1-HELP on campus) to first have your Internet password reset. After your Internet password has been reset, you can reset your Google desktop/mobile client password at your Internet Account Options page.
• Optional supported e-mail clients are Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and Microsoft Outlook. You will need to use your Google desktop/mobile client password to access e-mail when using an optional client. Information and instructions on configuring these e-mail clients for use with Google is available on the E-mail site.