hi today we will be exploring Google
Voice Google Voice allows you to easily
communicate with students and parents
without sharing your personal phone
number a Google Voice number is free and
for it's calls texts and voicemails to
your personal phone for an easy way to
stay in touch in this tutorial I will
walk you through the process of setting
up and using a Google Voice account
alright let's get started with Google
Voice first you're gonna go to Google
Voice by entering the URL voice google
calm and that will take you to the site
then you have a couple of options of how
to set up your account you can either do
the for personal use of the for business
we would choose the for personal use
because we're going to be using our
personal Google account to set up Google
Voice when you tap on for personal use
you're going to get a drop-down of
different options of the different
platforms that are supported by Google
Voice so what you want to do here is
choose the appropriate one for your
device for me in this tutorial I'm going
to use the web option the next thing I
want you to do is choose a number you're
gonna choose a Google Voice number by
either city or area code and they also
give you some nearby cities that you can
tap on and choose a number from there as
well I find the easiest to choose by
area code so you pop here your code in
there and then it will generate some
numbers you find the number you like you
select that number and that is your new
number so I select this number the next
step is to verify this is how you claim
that number so what you will do here is
enter your the next step is to enter
your personal phone number that you want
your Google Voice calls forwarded to you
will receive a six digit verification
code that you will enter and then your
account is set up now once your account
is set up you will now have your Google
Voice dashboard this is where you can
add contacts and you can also make calls
from your screen so if we go over here
to our left this is art where we'll see
all the different options so when you
have calls if I have that's the one the
first icon is
when we tap on four calls you can enter
the name and the number of the person
you want to reach out to and make the
call from your computer screen the next
one is for sending text messages and
receiving text messages you can also tap
here for voicemails and it does a really
good job of transcribing all Boyce meds
that are received to your Google Voice
number and then you also have the option
of archiving any of your messages just
in case you need to go back and review
them at a later date another option you
have for personalizing your Google Voice
account is to tap into your settings so
if we go up here to our top right and
talk on our settings icon in our
settings this is where you can find your
Google Voice number you can also
determine if there are any other devices
that you want to add to your account or
if there are other numbers that you
won't link to this account so if you
don't want if you want to have your
Google Voice account forward it to more
than one phone number you have the
options here all the way over here to
your left these are other options you
have for personalizing your account all
the way to your greeting for your
voicemails so once you've got all this
done now your Google Voice account is
set up and you're ready to share your
number of students and parents for easy
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