Getting Started

It is important for you to set up your Google Drive correctly. Therefore you will need to do the following:

• Use either the Firefox or Chrome browser, as Safari sometimes has problems rendering the pages
• Import student email addresses from File Maker Pro
• Switch your Google Docs to Google Drive
• Create a folder for each subject you teach
• Have your students create their own folders (to do this, they will need to complete Parts 1-3 of  the Student Guides)
• Organize your student folders so that they are easily accessible 

To help you do this please use the following step by step guides:

Importing Student Email Addresses

Switch Google Docs to Google Drive 

Part 1 Logging In

Part 2 Creating Folders

Part 3 Sharing Folders

Part 4 Organizing

Once you have completed this and you wish to start using your Google Drive to create and store your work you will need to use the following step by step guides:

Part 5 Creating Documents

Part 6 Uploading Files

Part 7 Downloading Files

Part 8 Searching

Send Your Class an Email

Creating Presentations

To help you create great Google Presentations please use the following step by step guides:

Part 1 Getting Started

Part 2 Manipulating Slides

Part 3 Adding Images

Part 4 Adding Videos

Part 5 Playing and Downloading

Scanning a Document

Many times you will be required to scan either a piece of work for your students or a page from a book that you may wish to display on the projector.

To help you do this please follow the step by step guides:

Scanning a Document

If you need to scan a file in color, you will need to use the photocopier in the Library:

Scanning a Document in the Library

If you are going to scan a lot of documents it maybe a good idea to enter your email address into the photocopier "Address Book" to make the scanning process faster:

Entering Your Email Address into the Address Book

Scanning a Document Using the Address Book

To save your scanned documents to your Google Drive, download the scanned attachment the photocopier sends to your email address and then follow the step by step guide:

Part 6 Uploading Files

You may also feel the need to "crop" some of your scanned documents. To do this please use the following step by step guides:

Cropping a Scanned Document in Mac OSX

Cropping a Scanned Document in Windows 7