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Moving Google Data To A Personal Account Upon leaving the district (i.e. student graduation, student transfer, teacher leaving the district), the user’s Google Apps account is suspended and eventually deleted. Google doesn't yet have a simple way to transfer everything from one account to another, but there are a few easy ways to get the information you want exported so you can import it into a personal Google account before leaving the district. How to Transfer Google Drive Documents, Contacts, and More. For Email, skip to the section below. 1. Login to your existing District Google Account 2. Visit Google Takeout (http://goo.gl/LnIZ9A) and create an archive of your account data 3. Download the archive (which may be large depending on how much work is there) 4. Create a new personal Google Account or login with an existing personal Google Account 5. All Google Drive archives can be re-uploaded to your personal account, Contacts can be imported to the new account, and other information imported or uploaded to the new account 6. Link to Video How To: https://goo.gl/H0feHu For questions, answers, and more information about Google Takeout, visit this frequently asked questions page. http://goo.gl/n0l9od How to Transfer Google Sites 1. Login to your existing District Google Account and visit the Sites homepage. 2. For each Google Site you want to transfer, visit the homepage of each site and perform the following: 3. Click the SHARE button in the upper right hand corner of the site. 4. Share the site with your personal Google Account, making sure to select Is Owner when sharing. 5. Copy the web address of the site (found at the top of the Sharing and permissions window you're currently in). 6. Logout of your District Google Account using the menu in the upper right hand corner of the window. 7. Login with your personal Google Account. 8. Paste the web address of the site into the location bar of your web browser. 9. Click the MORE actions drop-down in the upper right hand corner and select Manage Site. 10. Select GENERAL in the 'Site settings' section. 11. Click the COPY this Site link next to 'Site Actions'. 12. Enter a new site name, and click Copy site. Link to Video How To: (http://goo.gl/91Jfhd)
How to Transfer Email If you would like to move your email messages from your GCISD inbox to your personal Gmail inbox, you will need to use an email client like Thunderbird or Apple Mail (for Mac users). By using an email client you can drag and drop emails from one account into another. To do this using Thunderbird, follow these steps: Page 1
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Step 1. Enable IMAP You must enable IMAP access for your GCISD mail account AND for your personal Gmail: Log into your GCISD email account. Click on the gear in the upper right-hand corner of your window and choose Settings from the drop-down menu Next, click Forwarding and POP/IMAP Under "IMAP Access" check Enable IMAP and click Save Changes Step 2. Download and install Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ Step 3. Set up Thunderbird with your GCISD email account and a personal Gmail account Thunderbird may prompt you to create an account or use an existing account. If so, select to use an existing account. If you're not prompted, go to the Tools menu to Account Settings. At the bottom of the window click on Account Actions --> Add Mail Account. Enter your name, email address, and password then click Continue. Thunderbird should find your settings wtihout any manual input. Click Done.
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You will be taken to another sign-in screen for verification. Click Next, enter your password,then click Done on the final screen. Your main Thunderbird window will now show your GCISD account. Repeat the steps above for your personal Gmail account then both accounts will show on the left side of the Thunderbird window. IMAP syncs mail between the Thunderbird app and your mail in the Cloud. Depending on how much mail you have it can take several hours for this sync to happen and for Thunderbird to pull down all your mail and folders from both accounts. Once the sync is complete you can drag individual emails or whole folders from your GCISD account (in the Thunderbird app) to your personal account (in the Thunderbird app.) Once you have dragged your mail from your GCISD folder to your personal mail folder, it can take several more hours for Thunderbird to sync (upload) back to the Cloud. There will be a status update at the very bottom to let you know if it's still working.
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Once you complete the process of copying mail from your GCISD account to your personal account, go back to Account Settings --> Account Actions --> Remove Account. Repeat for each email account setup.
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