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  1. Log into your NCSSM Google account via http://mail.ncssm.edu or directly from http://www.google.com.

  2. Click on the menu button at the top-right and click on Account.

  3. Select Security. If the browser's window is small enough, this menu may be horizontally oriented across the top of the page.

  4. Scroll down, and under "Password & sign-in method", select 2-Step Verification.

  5. Click Get Started.

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  6. You may then be prompted to sign in once again.

  7. Select the phone to use for authentication. This may require you to install Google Authenticator on your phone.

  8. You will see an indication that a prompt has been sent to your phone. At this point, you should receive a confirmation request on your phone. Select YES.

  9. Back in the browser, select a USE ANOTHER BACKUP OPTION.

  10. Record the backup codes shown in some way. After that is done, select NEXT.

  11. Click Turn On.

  12. You have enabled Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) in Google.

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There are a number of other options available from the next screen for Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) in Google: (

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NOTE: ITS highly recommends, Backup codes and Backup phone for all 2FA users.)

  • Backup codes: this is a list of secondary codes that you can print if you will be away from a phone for a length of time.

  • Google prompt: this is a prompt that pops up on your phone, either natively in Android or in the Google app on an iPhone or other iOS device.

  • Backup phone: add a second phone just in case you lose your primary phone.

  • Security key: a small USB-based device you can purchase that will let you do secondary authentication with just a tap.

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