Google Drive Setup

You must use your school Google accounts and Drive documents, presentations, drawings, etc. to complete the activities. After receiving schedules at orientation, students must share a folder of their work with their Honors Communication Skills teacher. If you have questions/problems with ANY of this, e-mail one of the freshmen teachers or get help setting your folder up before leaving school for summer vacation.

*Remember that you can sign into your Google Drive from any computer using www.gmail.com

How to log in to your student Google accounts

• Username - first name, first letter of last name, last 3 digits of student ID# @students.caldwellschools.com (EXAMPLE - beckym123@students.caldwellschools.com)
• Password - student birthdate mmddyyyy (EXAMPLE - 10041999)
• If for any reason you don’t have a Caldwell County e-mail account, you need to use a regular Google account (one that you already have or that you set up on your own)

How to create a folder for your work

• Click on your Google Drive in the upper right corner of your e-mail account (tiny squares)
• Click the red “Create” button and choose Folder. Use your first and last name and summer reading to name the folder. (EXAMPLE - Tom Green’s Summer Reading)

How to create a document/presentation in your drive

• Click the “Create” button and click on the type of document you want to create.
• Document = word document, Presentation = PowerPoint, Spreadsheet = excel sheet
• Title the document with the name of the activity (EXAMPLE - Scene It, Dear Diary, etc)

How to move your documents to your summer reading folder that you created

• While looking at a list of your documents, click on the document you need and drag to your folder.

Because you are completing these activities on your Google Drive, your folder must be shared with your Communication Skills teacher BEFORE YOU GET TO SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. Individual classroom teachers may require additional assignments or activities connected to the summer reading within the first weeks of school.