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Google Workspace

What is Google Workspace?

±¬ÁÏÍøuses Google Workspace for e-mail, calendars, documents (Drive), and groups. The account provides 25 Gigabytes of mail storage and 5GB of document storage in Drive. You can also access your Google mail and calendar (requires ±¬ÁÏÍøLogin).

How do I obtain or reactivate a ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account?

Your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account will become available around 24 hours after an Admissions application is processed.

How long can I access my ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account?

Access to your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle Workspace account is based on your current student status. Your status will automatically switch from active to inactive after 1 years of not taking any class at PCC. After one year, your account will be disabled, but not deleted.

How do I access my ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account?

You can access your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account by clicking the Envelope icon near the upper right hand corner of your My±¬ÁÏÍøaccount. This will bring you into your ±¬ÁÏÍøemail, and you can use the Apps button (3×3 square made of dots) to view and access the various Google Apps associated with your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle Apps account.

Google Apps menu

My browser is signed into my personal Google account, how to I switch to my ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account?

You can check which Google account you are signed into by clicking the Google Account icon located near the upper right hand corner of your account, as seen in the following screenshot:

Google account menu showing shd@pcc.edu address currently signed in

If your browser is not logged into your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account (showing an address ending in @pcc.edu), and is instead logged into another Google account, then you can try the following methods to access your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account.

Method 1: Sign out of your non-±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account

Google account menu showing sign out option

  1. Click the Google Account button located near the upper right hand corner of your Google account
  2. Click Sign Out
Method 2: Use a Private or Incognito Browsing Session

A Private or Incognito browsing session does not look at any of the currently logged in accounts, cache, cookies or other site data that your normal browsing session naturally gathers while you are surfing the web. Please look for your browser below for steps on how you can get to this option:

Method 3: Use another browser

If you are signed into a personal Google account and would like to avoid signing out of it, then you should be able to use another browser (ex. Firefox instead of Chrome) to access a different Google account.

Support for Google apps

The Student Help Desk can help with general navigation of your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account.

If you have technical issues with your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account (ex. you cannot login) then you can contact the IT Service Desk at 971-722-4400.

±¬ÁÏÍøalso has a (requires ±¬ÁÏÍølogin) for assistance with Apps tools. There is also the (requires ±¬ÁÏÍølogin), which will help you learn how to navigate and use Google Apps and tools. The Google Community page is linked from the My±¬ÁÏÍøhelp tab.

Connect your Google Drive with D2L Brightspace

You can now connect your ±¬ÁÏÍøGoogle account with your D2L account, so you can submit work right from Google Drive in to the Assignments tool. Learn how to connect your Google Apps account with D2L.

Text to Speech in Google Apps

There is a free browser extension called (requires ) that adds text-to-speech capabilities for Google Workspace.