This document provides instructions for creating an email account with the Gmail service. It explains that Gmail is a free email service provided by Google that can be accessed from computers and mobile devices. The process of signing up involves entering personal details like name, birthdate, and gender, choosing a username and password, agreeing to terms of service and privacy policies, and passing a CAPTCHA security test. Step-by-step instructions and screenshots demonstrate how to access Gmail and complete the signup process.

1. Creating an email account in Gmail
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2.  An email is an electronic letter sent via the internet
 Emails can be created via an online provider or with a
program on your computer
 You need an email address and a password to send
emails
 An email address is made up of a username, the @ sign
and the domain name
 Never to give out your password/s or personal details!

3. Today you will learn how to open an email
account with Gmail – an email service provided
by Google.
 You will learn how to enter your personal
details into the Gmail system
 You will create your own email address and
password for your account using the skills you
learnt last week
 You will learn about privacy policies, terms of
service and captcha

4.  Gmail is an internet email service provided by
Google
 It is a free and safe service
 You can access it on many different devices
aside from your computer, such as your
tablet or smartphone
 You can sign into your account via the Google
search engine

5. When you create your email account
with Gmail you will be asked to
enter:
 Your name
 Your birth date
 Your gender
 Your chosen username and
password

6.  Your age is required in order to provide you
with age-appropriate settings
 You can choose not to specify your gender.
Simply select “other” if you wish.
 Your name is required in order for you to
identify yourself when sending emails.

7.  Last week you practiced creating your own
email address and password. Now you will
use what you learned to create one that you
will use.
 When creating your password, remember to
make it something personal that only you will
remember, and consider making it a “strong”
password by a combination of numbers.

9.  The terms of service and privacy policy are two
documents that you are required to agree to in
order to set up your email address.
 You don’t have to read them, however the privacy
policy has some useful information about how
Gmail will use your details and why they are
needed.
 Captcha is a security test that is used to ensure
that you are a human, not a program that could
degenerate the quality of the system. There is an
audio option for people with vision impairment.

11. The next slides will
be a demonstration
of the Gmail sign-
up process. Please
click to continue…

20. Now, using the step by
step process outlined in
this tutorial, it’s your turn
to sign-up to Gmail.
www.google.com.au <click here
to get started
(remember to keep your email
address all in lower case)

21.  http://www.gcflearnfree.org/gmail This is a
tutorial that focusses on Gmail
 https://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/a
bout.html About Gmail
 http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/c/f/Wh
at-Is-a-CAPTCHA-Test.htm Some more
information about captcha
 http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/priv
acy/ Gmail’s privacy policy