BENEFITS OF USING GOOGLE DRIVE
• 15 GB OF STORAGE FOR FREE ONLINE
• SHARE FILES WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES USING AN EMAIL ADDRESS
• HAVE ACCESS TO ALL FILES YOU NEED WITH ANY DEVICES ANYWHERE, EVEN
OFFLINE
• IT SYNCS WITH GOOGLE DRIVE MOBILE APP

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WHERE TO FIND “GOOGLE
DRIVE”

1. CLICK ON “MY DRIVE” ON “MY ASU”

2. CONNECTED WITH YOUR ASU EMAIL
Make sure google drive
is linked to your asu
email address: ASURITE
@ asu.edu

HOW TO ADD ASU EMAIL
ATTACHMENTS TO GOOGLE
DRIVE

3. SAVE EMAIL ATTACHMENTS TO GOOGLE
DRIVE
Left click on the GD icon

HOW TO CREATE NEW FILES
AND FOLDERS

1. Click on
“New”to create
new documents
2. Mostly used
Microsoft office
documents

HOW TO UPLOAD “FILES”
AND “FOLDERS”

Upload
documents
from local
computer

HOW TO “QUICK SEARCH”

1. “My Drive”---You can
see all the documents
you have.
2. Quick search
for specific
documents

WHERE TO FIND
DOCUMENTS AND FOLDERS
SHARED WITH YOU

1.These are
documents shared
with you by others.
They usually go
directly into “ Shared
with me”
2. But the “folders”
that are shared with
you, will be in “My
Drive ”

INPUT IN GOOGLE DOC. IS
SIMILAR TO MICROSOFT DOC.,
BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
TUTORIAL ILLUSTRATING THE
DIFFERENCE

1. Name the
document
here
2. Start typing here just like a usual
Word Doc

Everything is
saved
automatically. No
worries of losing
data.

HOW TO SHARE YOUR
DOCUMENTS WITH OTHERS

Hit “share” on the up
right, enter email
address, and you can
add a note. An email will
be sent to the recipient
as notification.

HOW TO SHARE A FOLDER
WITH STUDENTS TO SUBMIT
ASSIGNMENT

You can also
copy the link to
this document.

YOU
You can choose
whether you want
to share it with
someone to edit,
view or comment.
Choose “can edit” so that your students can
upload files and videos to the folder.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD FILES
FROM GOOGLE DRIVE

If you want to save the
document to your
computer, “Download as”
a doc. Type you want.

“DRAG AND DROP” TO PUT
FILES IN FOLDERS TO
ORGANIZE YOUR GOOGLE
DRIVE

MOVE THE FILES TO FOLDERS BY “DRAG AND
DROP”

“RIGHT CLICK” TO MOVE
FILES TO FOLDERS

You can also right
click the file, choose
“move to” a folder.

You can color different
folder for a better
organization, by right
click on the folder.

CHANGING LAYOUTS OF
FILES AND FOLDERS IN
GOOGLE DRIVE

BY
By clicking here to
change views of
files and folders.

THINGS TO WATCH OUT WHILE USING
GOOGLE DRIVE
• AS DOCUMENTS SHARED OR STORED
ON GOOGLE DRIVE ARE BASED ON
INTERNET, IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE
HACKED. BE CAREFUL OF IMPORTANT
FILES.
• WORKING OFFLINE CAN MEAN NO
SAVED DATA
• BACK UP FILES BY DOWNLOADING
MATERIALS IN CASE SOMEONE
DELETES THINGS ACCIDENTALLY