Step+1+Creating+Student+Google+Sites

=Creating Student Accounts =

  Common formulas, or standards are important because it will make your job much easier. You can go right down your student list and create one after the other without much thought or concern. The students email addresses will also be much easier to remember if forgotten by the student. Here is the formula that I use.
 * This is probably the most crucial element of utilizing Google Sites within our alternative educational setting. I have personally found that our students do not create the most appropriate names for email addresses. To rectify this issue, I have found that we as teachers need to create the email addresses for the students in advance. Here are the instructions for this portion. **
 * 1) Access the Google mail website through Google.com
 * 2) Click on "Create an Account" located in the bottom right hand corner of the page
 * 3) Create student accounts one by one, using a common formula


 * 1) After clicking on "Create an Account", enter the student's first and last name
 * 2) Create the Desired Login Name: I use (first name.last name@gmail.com) if this has been taken, I use: (first name.last name and the year@gmail.com. I have listed an example below. These are my first two standards. Try these before you have to deviate too much from a common standard.
 * tom.smith@gmail.com or tom.smith09@gmail.com

 3. Create a standard for student passwords. Once again, this will make your life much easier! I use our curricular system, novelstars as the first piece of the password. I then add sequential numbers beginning with 100. I have created an example below.  4. Create a standard security question. I use the same security question for each student account that I create. Therefore, if I forget or the student forgets his or her password, it can easily be reset by entering the user-name along with the answer to the security question.
 * novel100 (example password which blends a word with a number)

5. Finally, enter the word verification to conclude the Gmail address creation. You will want to create all of your students Gmail addresses before commencing your Career Studies Class. Once again, this will make your life easier when utilizing Google Sites in your classes.


 * __Potential Problems:__**

//**Spamming Issues:**// I recently found that the Google Team has increased their effort to block spam emails. Because of this worthy effort, they limit the amount of Gmail addresses that can be created by a particular IP address. Therefore, you may have to have a code sent to a mobile phone. If you do not have a mobile phone available...do not worry. As long as you use a computer with a different IP address, you will be fine! The computer can also be connected to the same server because each computer will still have a different IP address.

You may have some concerns about creating email addresses and passwords for our students. Students may also have an issue with this too. However, because we are using Google Sites as a classroom assignment/project I think we have rights to create these. I stress to my students that they may change their password and security question when they complete the class.
 * Confidentiality Issues:**