TLE 6: Gmail

TLE 6: Gmail

I. Objective: Create a Gmail account.
                       Give some advantages of using email.

    

II. Content

Email is a way to send and receive digital messages and content over the internet.

Some of the advantages of email are:

o   Productivity tools: Most email accounts are usually packaged with a calendar, address book and more for convenience and productivity.

o   You also have access to Web Services:  If you want to sign up for accounts like Facebook, or order products from services like Amazon, you will need an e-mail address, so you can be safely identified and contacted.

o   Easy Mail Management: Email service providers have tools to allow you to file, label, prioritize, find, group, and filter your emails for easy management.  You can also control your spam and junk mail.

o   Private: Your email is delivered to your own personal and private account with a password required for accessing and reading your emails.

o   Emails allow you to communicate with multiple people: You can e-mail to multiple people at once allowing you the option of having a conversation with several people or sending out a message to a hundred people.

o   You can access your email anywhere and at any time: You don’t have to be at home to access your web-based e-mail.  You can access it from any computer or mobile device.

To receive emails, you will need an email account and an email address. Also, if you want to send emails to other people, you will need to obtain their email addresses. It's important to learn how to write email addresses correctly, because if you do not enter them exactly right, your emails will not be delivered or they might be delivered to the wrong person.

Email addresses are always written in a standard format that includes a username, the @ (at) symbol and the email provider's domain.  The username is the name you choose to identify yourself and the email provider is the website that hosts your email account.

Today, the top three free webmail providers are Yahoo, Microsoft's Hotmail, and Google's Gmail. These providers are popular because they allow you to access your email account at any time through their website at yahoo.com, hotmail.com or gmail.com.

You can also set up and access your email account with these providers through the user-friendly email apps on your mobile devices.

How to create a Gmail.

v  Go to www.gmail.com

v  Next click on the create an account button

v  Next choose a password.  I would choose one with numbers and letters and maybe a capital letter. You will notice when I built my password I used caps and numbers which made my password strong.

v  Next you have the ability to use the drop down box to choose a security question or write your own.  In my example I chose to write my own.

v  You now have the option to put another email address in to be used should you ever encounter problems or forget your password. If you do not have another email address, you may leave this field blank.

v  You also have the option to stay signed in when you are on the computer.  I would recommend unchecking this box so that when you are no longer at the computer and you close your account no one can read or send emails from your account.