Organizing Google Drive

Organizing Google Drive

Just-in-Time Session February 10, 2015

Here are the basics for creating, working with, and sharing a Google Document: "Overview of Google Drive Basics" by Helen Mongan-Rallis.

Once you have created and worked with some Google Docs (as well as receiving them from students and colleagues), you may find that your Google Drive is looking a little confusing and/or messy.  Here is a helpful tutorial video on three different ways to organize files on Google Drive.

This video (“Organizing Your Google Drive”) begins with a different approach - searching first, rather than necessarily using folders.

For general questions, here is Google's own help page for Google Drive.

Lastly, we will demonstrate some examples of using Google Docs and the Drive for collaboration, particularly in the classroom.

Again, we encourage you to bring intentionality to your use of technology. What do you want to get from your use of the Google Drive? Let's find the easiest and fastest way to accomplish this.