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Staff and Student Google Accounts


Below are instructions on how to add users to a Chromebook using their granitesd.org Google accounts. **Staff and students who are not setting their accounts up on a Chromebook can follow the same procedures on a regular computer by simply going to Google and adding an account.** The same three step login process will apply as they set this account up for the first time.

**Instructions for Adding an Account To a Chromebook ** The first time a student or teacher uses a Chromebook, they will need to add their account to it. Once they have done this, there will be a login box on that Chromebook at the start up screen, and they will only need to enter their password from then on.  All Granite District teachers and students have Google accounts that have been set up in the "granitesd.org" domain. The following instructions explain how to set this up on a Chromebook, but they can also login to Google on any computer or mobile device with the internet at home or school and use their "granitesd.org" domain Google account. This means that you can take students to a lab and continue working on Google Docs and other Google apps using their "granitesd.org" Google accounts.  Students should be assigned to the same Chromebook whenever possible if they are rotated, so they will not need to add their account to multiple Chromebooks.

**Add a Teacher or Staff Member Account **
 * On the start up screen, click on Add User in the bottom left of the screen
 * If a window pops up asking what network to join, choose GSD Secure from the drop down, enter your AD login credentials (computer username and password) and click join
 * ** On the 1st login screen that pops up asking for an email and password enter: **
 * ** username@granitesd.org (example: amiller@granitesd.org) and your computer password **
 * ** On the 2nd login screen that comes up displaying the new Granite logo enter: **
 * ** username@graniteschools.org (example: amiller@graniteschools.org) and your computer password **
 * ** On the 3rd screen that pops up it will ask for your password only. Enter the same computer password **

** Add a Secondary Student Account **
 * All secondary students need to change their passwords this school year before adding an account to a Chromebook. Click here for instructions on how to change student passwords
 * Once they have changed their password, have them click on Add User in the bottom left of the start up screen
 * If a window pops up asking what network to join, choose GSD Secure from the drop down and then enter the computer login, which is their student number for the user id and their new password (computer login username and password) and click join
 * ** On the 1st login screen that pops up asking for an email and password enter: **
 * ** first 4 of their first name + first 4 of their last name + first 4 of their student # @granitesd.org (example: johnreyn9876@granitesd.org for John Reynolds with student number 9876543) and their new password **
 * ** On the 2nd login screen that comes up displaying the new Granite logo enter: **
 * ** student number only@graniteschools.org (example: 9876543@graniteschools.org) and their new computer password **
 * ** On the 3rd screen that pops up it will ask for their password only. Enter the same computer password **

** Add an Elementary Student Account **
 * 4th-6th Grade elementary students can set up their Chromebook account before or after they change their student passwords. If a 4th-6th grade student changes their computer password after creating an account on the Chromebook, it will automatically update, and the new password will be used. All 1st-3rd grade student passwords will remain the default password that is currently set for them
 * If a window pops up asking what network to join, choose GSD Secure from the drop down and then enter their computer login, which is their student number for the user id and their password
 * Click on Add User in the bottom left of the start up screen
 * ** On the 1st login screen that pops up asking for an email and password enter: **
 * ** first 4 of their first name + first 4 of their last name + first 4 of their student # @granitesd.org (example: johnreyn9876@granitesd.org for John Reynolds with student number 9876543) and their password **
 * ** On the 2nd login screen that comes up displaying the new Granite logo enter: **
 * ** student number only@graniteschools.org ( example: 9876543@graniteschools.org) and their computer password **
 * ** On the 3rd screen that pops up it will ask for their password only. Enter the same computer password **