Google Tools

Google Drive and Google Docs are an incredibly useful tool for teachers and students to use. It is a free web-based office suite. You can access this quickly by using the MyApps log in.

Google Drive

Google Drive is Highline’s preferred tool for storing and sharing documents. Your Google Drive lives in the “cloud,” or in other words, in Google’s data center, which means you can access from anywhere with your myHighline email and password. Cloud storage is a method of storing digital data in off-site (remote) servers and allows users to access their files from anywhere they have an internet connection.

When logged into Google Drive you can access the following Google Apps:

Google Drive
Google Docs
Google Sheets
Google Slides

Google Docs

Google Docs is a free, web-based application that allows users to produce, manage, and save documents through their Gmail accounts; all Highline students have access to Google Docs you can access from anywhere with your myHighline email and password. The application has many useful features: documents save automatically so that work is never lost; documents can be shared with others so that multiple people can review and edit at the same time; and documents are available both online and offline.

Common Questions

Step 1: Activate Your myHighline Account

Go to myinfo.highline.edu/activate
Follow the instructions on the screen.

Step 2: Access your student email

Your student email address is created when you activate your myHighline account.

Step 3: Access Google Drive and Google Tools

Go to Google Drive
Sign in using your student email and the password created in myHighline.

Many of the forms on the Highline website are for students only. Below are steps on how to access those forms.

Step 1: Check Your Google Account

Open Google Drive or Google using Chrome.
Look at the profile picture in the top-right corner.
Make sure you are signed in with your Highline student email (@students.highline.edu).
If you are using a personal Gmail, you must switch to your Highline email.

Step 2: How to Switch to Your Highline Email