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Google Workspace for Education Account and Login Information

Your Account Credentials

You will authenticate your G Suite account like you do your Office 365 account, with your full EKU email address and password:

g suite authentication screen

Signing In

  1. Open www.google.com and be sure you are logged out of any other Google accounts by clicking the icon in the top-right corner and choosing the Sign out button.  If you do not have that, you are not currently logged into a consumer Google or G Suite for Education account.
    google account logout button      google login
  2. Now click the G Suite Apps icon in the top right and choose the Drive icon to login (this is not your only G Suite for Education app but it is a major one for collaboration).  NOTE: You will not have access to all apps on this list, for example, Gmail is not available.
    G suite login
  3. Now on the Google login screen, type your complete EKU email address then click the Next button:
    g suite login
  4. You should be redirected to the EKU Authentication page where you will use your full EKU email address and password as login credentials:
    G suite authentication page
  5. The first time you login you will see a Google Terms of Service (Welcome to your new account) page.  After you read this, click the Next button:
    Google Terms
  6. The first time you login you will see your G Suite for Education Drive with a tip overlay.  You can move through those by clicking the blue right arrow or click the X to close:
  7. Now you will see your basic Drive page.  There will be a Getting Started how-to PDF to get you started using this service:
    g drive