ictuesday - creating an igoogle

ICTuesday

Creating an iGoogle account

Lynn Swannell – 27/06/10

• iGoogle is a personalised search page with ‘gadgets’ for work, home and play

• Access your Gmail, Google Reader and RSS feeds, twitter, news feeds, horoscope, quote of the day, recipes, calendar, etc.

• Choose a theme for your page(s) or create your own

• Go to www.google.com

• Sign in to create your iGoogle page

Sign in

• Use a Gmail account for access via any computer

• Other email accounts only allow access on the computer you are using

• Untick the box if you DO NOT want Google to be your default homepage

• Accept to create an account

Enter Gmail or other email and password

Untick box

Accept

• Follow the ‘setup wizard’ to create your iGoogle page

• Select from the listed ‘interests’ and ‘themes’

• Then ‘See your page’

Interests

Themes See your page

• Personalise your page

• Choose from a range of themes from the gallery or use the search box

• Selections include ‘Theme of the day’, flowers, sports, pop stars, colours, shapes, animation, and much, much, more

Change Theme and Add Stuff

Themes

• ‘Add stuff’ and gadgets

• Choose from the categories on the left of screen or use the search box

• Add Google Reader, Gmail, daily horocopes, satellite tracking tools, jokes, quotes, games, notepads, calendar, clock, etc.

• ‘Add RSS feeds’ by typing in the URL or website

Add RSS Feeds

Gadgets

• ‘Add a tab’ to create separate pages for work, home and play

• Personalise each page

• Add gadgets and RSS feeds for each page

Click here to ‘add a tab’New page/tab name

• Delete gadgets by clicking on ‘drop arrow’

• Move gadgets by clicking on title bars

• Check your iGoogle account and change settings

• Make each page different

Pages Settings and iGoogle account information

Click on title bar to move

Delete gadgets

• Happy searching with your new iGoogle page