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Google Suites

The guide to help students and staff learn more about their Google accounts.

Welcome

If you are not able to make it to the workshop you can still get a few tips and tricks here! Below are some of the more frequently asked questions. If you need more information click on the link on the side.

How To Get to Google Drive

There are multiple ways that you can get to Google Drive:

  • type in the address bar Google Drive 
  • If you are on google or gmail you can click the grid of 9 dots to open Google Drive

How to Create a New File

When you first get to Google Drive you are going to want to see the screen below.

A screenshot of the My Drive page in Google Drive.  A button with a plus sign that says New is circled in red.

In the picture above, there is a red circle around New.

You can click on that and it will bring up several options.

From here you can choose what type of documents that you want to create.

In the picture below you can see the different options. 

A screenshot of the same page but once the New button has been clicked on.  A dropdown menus has appeared with the options new folder, file upload, folder upload, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Forms. 

How to Create a New Folder

When you first get to Google Drive you are going to want to see the screen below.

A screenshot of the My Drive page in Google Drive.  A button with a plus sign that says New is circled in red.

In the picture above, there is a red circle around New.

You can click on that and it will bring up several options.

From here you can choose what type of documents that you want to create.

In the picture below you can see the different options. 

A screenshot of the same page but once the New button has been clicked on.  A dropdown menus has appeared with the options new folder, file upload, folder upload, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Forms. 

Creating folders allows you to organize your work easier. It also allows you to share the folder  with someone. \

The documents that are created in the folder that is shared with people, the documents are also shared.