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All Launch students are granted access to a Google account. Google Drive is a central storage space where students can save and manage their course files. You will need to be sure to log in to your Launch Google Account (ID#@sps.org) to properly access all of your course files.

Accessing Google Drive

Navigate to https://accounts.google.com to sign in.

Your Launch Google Account information will be located under the Google Account Information portion of your enrollment e-mail (received after registration).

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Your password will be the same default password as Canvas and will be different depending on what grade level you fall into. Please see the default formats below based on your current grade level.

Grades 3-12 Password
For the password, make sure to follow this format:
Lower case initials, 8-digit date of birth, followed by an exclamation point.

Elementary (K-2) Password
For the password, make sure you following this format:
Lower case initials followed by the student ID number.

Click your icon in the top right corner of Google then select the Google Drive icon to access your Google Drive account.

When you make copies of Google documents in your course, they will be added to your Google Drive under the My Drive section.

Sharing Google Files

Use the following directions to share a Google Doc with another person (like a teacher).

NOTE - You must be logged in with your @SPS.org Google account.

Open the file you want to share.

Click Share in the upper right to open the Share with People and Groups window. 

Click Change in the bottom left corner of the Get Link section. This may say Change link to… if you have never shared this file before. 

Under the link, click the Springfield Public Schools R12 dropdown.
Choose Anyone with the Link.

The link will update with your change.

Click the copy link option so you can send the link to your teacher or classmate.
Select Done once complete.

Changing Permissions

Use the following directions to change permissions with a specific group or person.

NOTE - You must be logged in with your @SPS.org Google account.

There are two main permissions for users: Editor and Viewer.

• If a user or group is set to Editor, then anyone in that group is allowed to make changes to the document or file.

• If a user or group is set to Viewer, then anyone in that group can only view the file contents.

Open the file you want to share.

Click Share in the upper right to open the Share with People and Groups window. 

Click Change Link to ~~~ in the bottom left corner of the Get Link section.

A list of users or groups is displayed. Select the dropdown menu to the right of the user or group you want to change permissions. Choose the level of permissions you want that user or group to have.

Select Done once complete.