<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[West Des Moines Community Schools Technology]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://wdmtech.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Brian Abeling]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/author/wdmtech/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[How do I activate my @wdmcs.org Google Apps&nbsp;account?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="4087" data-permalink="https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/going-google/google/" data-orig-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg" data-orig-size="345,396" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="google" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg?w=261" data-large-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg?w=345" class="wp-image-4087 alignright" src="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg?w=183&#038;h=210" alt="google" width="183" height="210" srcset="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg?w=183&amp;h=210 183w, https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg?w=131&amp;h=150 131w, https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg?w=261&amp;h=300 261w, https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/google.jpg 345w" sizes="(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px" /></a>NOTE: </strong>If you used a district Google account last year and it&#8217;s now stating that the password is incorrect &#8211; that is true.  All student passwords are reset just before school starts. This was requested by staff since a large number of student forget their password over the summer.  You may choose to login when you are back at school to change your password, or email abelingb@wdmcs.org prior to school and let me know what you want your password to be.</p>
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<p><strong>Q1.  I&#8217;m a staff member in the district &#8211;  How do I activate my @wdmcs.org Google Apps account?<br />
</strong>A1.  This is a one-time only process&#8230; to activate your Google Apps account.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">1. <strong>Log into a desktop computer at school</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">2. <strong>Log in</strong> with your existing user id/password.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">3. Once you can see your desktop, then click on <strong>CNTRL-ALT-DELETE</strong>.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">4. Select the option labeled <strong>CHANGE PASSWORD</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">5. It will ask you for your new and old password &#8211; <strong>we recommend putting your existing password into all of the boxes</strong>&#8211;  as this will allow you to keep your existing password for Google Apps.   By resetting your password (even to the existing password), this will trigger your @wdmcs.org Google Apps account to be activated.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">6.  After setting your password &#8211; then <strong>wait 10 minutes</strong>.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">7. Then visit&#8230;   <a href="https://www.google.com/a/wdmcs.org/">https://www.google.com/a/wdmcs.org/</a>     Log in with your user id (beginning part of your email address) , and then your existing password that you just reset.</p>
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