Tools

Objectives:

• Students will learn the necessary tools like Gaggle.net in order to be able email assignments and to use the Digital Locker to store class work.

In this class, there will be times when you will have need to use email for turning in assignments.  The system we use in this class is Gaggle.net.  This page is dedicated to teaching you how to use this system.  Below are training videos you will need to watch to learn how to use Gaggle.net.  We will cover the first 3 in one day and then the last 3 on the second day.  We will go through these lessons together as a class.  After watching each video, we will discuss and answer questions.  Then, you will try using these features yourself.

Training Videos:

1. Your Home Page
2. Email Basics
3. Composing Emails
4. Digital Locker Basics
5. Sharing Files
6. Submitting Assignments into the Homework Drop Box

But before that, you will need to know how to log on to Gaggle.net.  The format for your User Name and Password are listed below. 

User Name: 

first initial | middle initial | last name | last 4 digits of your Student ID @dps.gaggle.net

You will notice that the first part of your User Name is the same as logging on to Learning.com

Password:

Your 6 digit birthday               MMDDYY