Welcome to Google Drive

How will Drive help me in my class?

1. It allows you to have access to your files no matter where you are in the world as long as you have an internet connection.

2. By color coating, the files make it easy to find what you are looking for.

3. By using the Shared Drive groups of people can share and keep organized countless amounts of documents.

Tips and Tricks

1. If you plan to share more than one document with someone or a group, share a folder and place the documents in it rather than share one document at a time. This cuts down on the list of documents that will show up in other people's shared files.

2. Use the stared or priority features to make sure you keep the most important documents readily available.

3. If you delete a file it goes into your trash. It is not permanently deleted until you remove it from the trash.

4. If someone shares a document with you it will be in your shared with me. As long as it stays in your shared with me folder you will always have an updated copy if others are working on it. Once you move it out of the shared with me it breaks the link so any updates will not show up on that version that was removed.

5. Use the shareable link on a website to give access to multiple documents without posting all of them. Remember to make sure the shared setting is to view only otherwise people will change your originals.

6. When you click on + New you can upload entire folders instead of uploading one file at a time.

Links to Additional Resources

• 13 Tips to Organize your Drive