Google Drive

Google Drive

To learn more about Google Drive, you can consult the following resources:

• Docs, Sheets, and Slides What are Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides? https://support.google.com/drive/answer/49008

• Google Docs: Formatting Text and Adding Hyperlinks https://www.gcflearnfree.org/googledocuments/formatting-text-and-adding-hyperlinks/1/

• Google Docs Help https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en

• How To: Use Google Docs http://www.mackenty.org/images/uploads/HOWTO_use_google_docs.pdf

• Share and Collaborate (a Google Docs: Document) https://support.google.com/drive/topic/2816927?hl=en&ref_topic=14940

• Google Docs in Plain English (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA)

• Teachers and Principals Talk About Google Docs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM

• Manually upload files and folders to Google Drive https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2424368?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

Five essential Google Drive skills to know

Excerpted from Tips for a Successful Google Apps Training Session (Richard Byrne, January 24, 2013 http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/01/tips-for-succesful-google-apps-training.html#.UitLALzdghM

1. Open and Edit Word Files in Google Drive.If you're just beginning to transition to Google Apps from Microsoft Word, the chances are good you will have old files that you want to bring into and work on in Google Drive. For the detailed directions on how to do this, visit http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/12/how-to-open-and-edit-word-files-in.html

2. Create PDFs in Google Drive.Sometimes you don't want a document to be easy to alter. Or you plan on printing it and want it as a PDF. To learn how to create a PDF in Google Drive in three easy steps, visit http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/11/how-to-create-pdfs-in-google-drive-in.html

3. Use Google Documents Offline.For those times when you don't have an Internet connection and you want to work on a document, having offline access enabled is the only way to go. For directions on how to enable offline access to your Google Documents, visit https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

4. Create and Organize Folders.Do you want to have more organization in your Google Drive account? Then you need to know how to create folders and move files in, https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375091?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en