sahm99 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Okay, here I come: ready to out myself as a complete computer dummy...:D I understand that each child need his own Google account to use Khan academy, hence my plan to create multiple accounts for myself, and then "lending" them to my kids...;) But, how do I do this??? I get stopped cold in the very beginning, when I have to indicate a fall-back e-mail address. I can't create a second account with an address already used... That means I would need four different e-mail addresses (me + three kids) to start with... What am I missing? How can I get myself that many e-mail addresses???:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I just learned something cool from my husband! If you have a gmail account, you can add anything after your address name and before the @ with a "+" sign and google will ignore it. So you can use: myemail+child @gmail.com (take out the space) and it will look like a different address to Khan, but not to google. I just set up goodreads.com accounts for my readers doing this :) Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmama2 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I just learned something cool from my husband! If you have a gmail account, you can add anything after your address name and before the @ with a "+" sign and google will ignore it. So you can use: myemail+child @gmail.com (take out the space) and it will look like a different address to Khan, but not to google. I just set up goodreads.com accounts for my readers doing this :) Hope that helps! Really? That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahm99 Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Thank you so much!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 ooh cool. this non-techie thanks you! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahm99 Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 ...it doesn't seem to be working for me:confused:... ("The username or password you entered is incorrect.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 At Khan or Google? I haven't tried this at Khan only at goodreads.com. At Google, you should just use your email address as normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbemom Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I just learned something cool from my husband! If you have a gmail account, you can add anything after your address name and before the @ with a "+" sign and google will ignore it. So you can use: myemail+child @gmail.com (take out the space) and it will look like a different address to Khan, but not to google. I just set up goodreads.com accounts for my readers doing this :) Hope that helps! Also can just use a "." instead of the "+" :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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