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Helpful Google Drive Features

  1. Access your files offline
  2. Connect apps to your Drive
    1. Here are some great Google Drive apps for Teachers!
  3. Automatically convert your Google Doc to Gmail
  4. Convert uploaded files to Google Docs format
  5. Advanced Google Drive Searching
  6. Adjust sharing settings of your folders
  7. Color code your folders
  8. View details of your Drive’s activities
  9. Use Google Drive keyboard shortcuts
  10. View Version History

Searching Drive

Can’t find that elusive, super important file in your Google Drive? Narrowing your search by searching from within specific Drive folders may help!

Common Tips

  1. Set up your computer to sync with your Google Drive (now called Backup & Sync)
    1. Part 1: Set up syncing
    2. Part 2: Set preferences
    3. Set up offline syncing
  2. Organize your Google drive & Share Files
    1. Move files shared with you to your Drive
    2. Keep the same file in multiple Google Drive folders simultaneously
      • There’s an easy keyboard shortcut for this too!
    3. Search within a specific folder in your Drive
    4. How to reduce the size of huge PDF’s
  3. Sharing, Uploading, Downloading, & Printing with Drive
    1. How to share a file using Drive
      • Share Google Slides and Google Docs as PDF’s
      • Share a Drive link & set it so that all can view
    2. Upload files to your Google Drive
    3. Download and print multiple files from Google Drive at once
      • Text instructions
    4. Download files shared with you on Drive

Helpful Google Drive Features

  1. Access your files offline
  2. Connect apps to your Drive
    • Here are some great Google Drive apps for Teachers!
  3. Automatically convert your Google Doc to Gmail
  4. Convert uploaded files to Google Docs format
  5. Advanced Google Drive Searching
  6. Adjust sharing settings of your folders
  7. Color code your folders
  8. View details of your Drive’s activities
  9. Use Google Drive keyboard shortcuts
  10. View Version History
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