Getting Started with Online Storage
Google Drive is an online storage system that allows files to be saved and stored online to be accessed through a web browser or app. Files can be stored for personal use or shared with others for collaborative work. No more emailing files back and forth or even using a flash drive. With Google Drive, your files are in your online account on any device you log into. Drive allows multiple people to access and edit documents in real-time. Document/file owners can determine who they want to be able to view or edit files. And, of course, you can have your own personal files and folders that don't need to be shared at all.How do you get into Drive?
Accessing Google Drive, as with all Google Apps, is as easy as typing drive.google.com in the Omnibox search bar. (For example for Google Calendar type calendar.google.com and so on)
You can also easily access Google Apps through the apps chooser arrays located within your internet browser.
Check out Alice Keeler's tips for those who are new to Google Drive below:
11 Tips When You're New to Google Apps for Education https://t.co/71UQyGhV8q pic.twitter.com/qe90oM2Kub— Alice Keeler (@alicekeeler) May 21, 2016
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Check out the resources through Atomic Learning for more great videos, tutorials, and tips in becoming Google Drive savvy.
What a great place to start! I also did one of my posts this week about Google Drive and am planning a series for my Blogging Plan around this topic. It is becoming more common for schools and entire districts to take advantage of this service. There are so many ways teachers can harness the functions and apps to really do some cool things and increase efficiency.
ReplyDeleteKaty, it sounds like we are starting the school year with similar experiences! Yeah, the collaborative nature of Google Drive and Microsoft 365 allows teachers and districts to be so much more effective.
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