Google Drawings

Google Drawings allows you to create content by drawing, adding images, using hyperlinks, and inserting text, shapes, tables, and other content onto a canvas that you open from Google Drive.

Benefits:

• You can create flow charts, diagrams, concept maps, visual storyboards, original art and more.

• You can collaborate with others on the same Google Drawing

• Drawings can be shared via a link or embedded into a Google Doc or Google Site

• Collaborators can edit and leave comments

• Automatically saves to your Google Drive

1) Open Google Drive

2) Click NEW on the TOP LEFT

3) Scroll down and click MORE and then click Google Drawings

4) Give your drawing a NAME

5) To share, click the SHARE button in the TOP RIGHT

6) Your Drawings are saved in your Google Drive alongside all of your Docs, Slides and other files

Adding a Drawing inside a Google Doc

You can also add a drawing INSIDE A DOC by clicking

INSERT → DRAWING → NEW

This will add what you draw within the Google Doc you are working in

To explore the features of Google Drawings and practice what you can do, make a copy of the Google Drawing below and work through the tasks from 1-9.

You can click where it says HERE on the drawing to watch short GIFs showing the different steps.