Google for Education

U.Porto's subscription to Google Workspace for Education includes Google Cloud storage and standard collaborative tools, such as:

• Gmail (email account)
• Drive (storage space)
• Docs (word processor)
• Slides (presentation maker)
• Sheets (spreadsheet)

Access to Google Workspace Education associated to accounts like up[123456789]@g.uporto.pt[ 1 ] will be provided to the entire community[ 2 ] under the following conditions:

• Staff with an "Active" status in SIGARRA will now have their storage space limited to 100 GB.
• Students with an "Attending" status in SIGARRA will now have their storage space limited to 15 GB.

After three months, the account will be removed if the "Active/Attending" user status changes.

How to create a Google account

1. Login to the Information System
2. Go to your page and choose the "Google Account" option on the sidebar
3. To be able to use the service, you must read and agree with the subscription terms
4. You will be welcomed to the service and will start the creation process of your Google U.Porto account
5. A confirmation email will be sent when the registration process is completed (it can take up to 24 hours).

Creating a Google U.Porto Account

How to access Google services

1. Go to the desired Google service (Gmail, Drive, etc)
2. Log in using the format up[123456789]@g.uporto.pt[ 1 ];
3. Authenticate yourself using Institutional Authentication (AAI)
4. Use Google services as usual
5. When you are done, close your browser window to log off