December 19

Google Photos and your Phone

Many of you take photos of your classes on your phone or from and iPad.

You can upload all your photos - from school or home - to Google Photos. Just be sure that if you take a bunch of personal photos and want them to upload to your personal Google Photos page, you switch accounts.

Never fear! If you upload your pictures to the incorrect account, you can still upload them to the correct account! However, in order to do this, please make sure you don't delete your photos from your phone or iPad until you're sure they are in the correct account. If you've accidentally put them in the incorrect account, remember to delete them from that other account after uploading to the correct account! Once you see that your pictures are safely in one of your Google accounts, you can delete them from your phone and access them anytime you have data or wifi!

To switch accounts on your phone or iPad:

1. Open Google Photos
2. Look for the 3 lines on the TOP LEFT of the search bar.
3. Click on the 3 lines and find your account information - usually at the bottom.
4. Click on your account information. If your other account is listed, click on it and that will be where photos will upload. If it's not listed, log in and then make sure that account is listed and your photos will be uploaded to this account.
5. If you want to remove an account, just click on that account and then click on the blue MY ACCOUNT. At the bottom, there is REMOVE ACCOUNT FROM THIS DEVICE, click on this and then click on REMOVE.

I generally go to Google Photos BEFORE TAKING A BUNCH OF PHOTOS and switch my account then. Photos won't upload unless you are connected to cellular data or wifi.

The flexibility of this app is wonderful!

Caution:

• If you are in a personal account and go to SETTINGS, you will be able to see photos you've stored in Google Drive in your Google Photos.
• If you are our school GSuite account, you will NOT have the option to see photos in your drive in Google Photos. Google considers this a security issue and it's not enabled for school accounts.

Here are the videos! (Coming Soon!! - A glitch with Reflector Software...)

Using Google Photos with an iPad.

Using Google Photos with your Phone.

Using Google Photos in Google Docs