G Suite (Formally GAFE)
Google has rebranded Google Apps for Education as “G Suite for Education”. G Suite for Education is the same set of apps that students are familiar with—Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Hangouts, and more— but designed with new intelligent features that make work easier.
Each student at YCDSB has access to a G Suite for Education account. This account provides students access to Google Docs, Sheets, Sites, Forms, Slides, GMail, and a multitude of other apps including the ever popular Google Classroom Site. It is imperative that students access this resource and use it to enhance their educational experience here at YCDSB.
Logging into your G Suite Account
Students who access Special Education support are encouraged to use Google Read and Write. Read and Write is an Extension in the Google Chrome browser that makes G Suite For Education more accessible, with support for Google docs, web, pdfs, and epubs in google drive. It is a text-to-speech, and speech-to-text extension to boost reading and writing confidence to students with learning difficulties, dyslexia or ELL/ESL.
Logging into GSuite
Initial Login
The first time students login to to access their G Suite Account students will need to complete the following steps:
1. Enter the User Name on the Google Home Page after clicking the Sign in Button. The Students username is structured in the following way:
firstname.lastname20@ycdsbk12.ca
*Note the 20 indicates the year that the student graduates from grade 12. The number will vary for the student depending on their year of graduation
example for student John Doe who graduates in 2018, john.doe18@ycdsbk12.ca
2. Enter the Password
The default password for students is the Uppercase letter of the first name, followed by the lowercase letter of the last name and the student number.
Example for student John Doe with a student number 1234567, the password is Jd1234567