Changing Email Providers

An Overview of Outlook

Live

A Little Background…

• Migrating to a new email system has been discussed for many years now

• The Great Email Crash of 2010 turned discussions into action

• Outlook Live has been selected as GCISD’s new email system

New Format

• Email will be accessed completely online

• Just like Yahoo, Hotmail, Google, or any other web-based email

Accessing the Site

• www.outlook.com• Will be added to GCISD Important

Websites when the changeover occurs on March 25

• Bookmark at home as well

Logging In

• Your email address will remain the same – enter full address (including @gcisd.net) for ID

• Enter password• Remember ID

ONLY on your teacher station

• Click Sign In

renee.hodges@gcisd.net

Mailbox View

Separate inbox/outbox

Folders can be created within Inbox

List of messages displayed for folder

selected.

Single-click message to display in reading pane to right; double-click to open in new window.

Reading Pane displays messages in the same

window.

Reply Reply All ForwardCreates a new

message

Always sign out before closing

browser window.

Composing New MessagesName of person (in

district)

Beginning of email address (out of

district; in contacts)

Full email address (out of district; not in

contacts)

Click Options for Bcc

Click Send when finished

Don’t forget a subject!

What To Do Now

• Export contacts from FirstClass (mailing lists cannot be exported)

OR

• Send an email to your parent lists asking them to respond to the message on Sunday, March 27

• Messages in FirstClass will still be accessible in district for a limited time

Coming Up…

• In-depth trainings during conference time and after school beginning March 28th

• As the technologists learn more about the migration, we will let you know more