Google Email
As a student at Purdue Global, you are given access to a .edu school Gmail account. This page will provide some helpful tips and guides on using your email. Additionally, students can send emails to their classmates through Brightspace. See instructions on Sending Emails in Brightspace for more information.
Additional instructions can be found by searching Google's Gmail User Guide.
Please keep the Code of Student Conduct in mind when communicating with others at Purdue Global.
Getting Started with Gmail
Accessing the web-based student email account
You can access your student email account by clicking on the gray envelope in the upper right-hand corner of your Purdue Global homepage. In addition, you can add your email on your mobile device (iOS or Android) and access it outside of Purdue Global device.
Compose
Locate and click the Compose button in Gmail in the upper left-hand corner of the page.
Enter the recipient’s email address in the field as shown. If you have previously sent them a message using your Gmail account, or if they are listed in your contacts, their name and address will pre-fill.
Click Send.
Reply/Reply All
Reply will only reply to the sender of the original message. Reply All will reply to all recipients that were included in the original message.
To reply to a message when viewing it, click the Reply button. This button is located at the bottom left of your message.
To Reply All, click Reply All to the right of the Reply button.
Compose your response and click Send.
Forward
Forwarding an email will allow you to send the email to a new set of recipients that were not included in the original message.
Open the message you would like to forward and click the More button (the three dots located on the top right of the email.)
From the More menu, select Forward.
Enter the recipient(s) to whom you would like to forward the message, then click Send.
Attach
Gmail makes attaching files to your messages simple and easy. There are two ways to attach a file in Gmail:
When composing an email, click the paperclip icon to the right of the Send button. You will then be able to choose a file from your computer.
Alternatively, you can drag and drop files from your computer. Click the file you wish to attach and drag it over the compose email screen. The interface will display Drop files here. Release the mouse button to drop the file, and Gmail will indicate that the file has been attached.
Print a Message
To print a message from Gmail, simply locate the small Print button, located in the upper right-hand corner of the message. Click Print.
Next, from the print preview screen, locate and click on the Print button.
Additional Information
Student email account size limit
Your student email account may not exceed 30GB.
Forwarding emails from a student email account to another email account
You can automatically forward all of your new emails to another email address or only forward certain emails.