Portal Personalization

Go to Yahoo, Click on Personalized “My Yahoo,” and set up your own account.

Yahoo ID: _________________________(keep it easy to remember)

Password: _________________________(keep it simple and use all lower case)

Email: ________________________________________________________

Yahoo ID for Classmates:

Name: __________ID: _________________, Name: _________ID: _________________

Name: __________ID: _________________, Name: _________ID: _________________

Personalize left side with the following:

Message Center:

Email

Calendar (activate)

Weather (for Los Angeles only)

Stock Portfolio --rename it “Investments”

Symbols: (leave existing “^” indicators ) add the following as written:

AMZN (Amazon.com)

CSCO (Cisco System)

MSFT (Microsoft)

YHOO (Yahoo)

Bookmarks:

www.latraffic.org/ (name it “Caltrans Homepage”)

www.lapl.org/ (name it “Los Angeles Public Library”)

Maps:

855 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

Personalize right side with the following:

Lead Photo

My Front Page Headlines

Headlines (select “edit” for the following)

Top Stories from Reuters

Sports--Cycling

Health--KidsHealth

TV Listings

Optimize for color and layout order

Print (should be 2 pages)

Create “shortcut” on desktop to “My Yahoo”