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Google Drive: Shared With Me is a Filter

by admin | Jul 14, 2018 | Beginner, Drive, Google

Shared With Me is Not a Folder When I go to Google Drive I am quick to click on 2 things. Recent and Shared With Me. Neither of these is a folder. You can not organize them. They are quick access to the files you might be looking for. Collaboration G Suite is designed...

Google Drive: Press V

by admin | Jul 9, 2018 | Drive, Google, Intermediate, Keyboard Shortcuts

Press V to Toggle Grid View List view or Grid view in Google Drive. Both are helpful! List view shows a text list of your documents. Grid view shows a visual tile of your documents. Toolbar Icon There is a toolbar icon to toggle list view and grid view. It is the 4...

7 Google Drive Tips

by admin | May 4, 2018 | Drive, Google, Intermediate

7 Google Drive Tips Google Drive, the heart of G Suite. All of your Google Apps are automatically saved to Google Drive. Link to Slides 1. Start with Drive drive.google.com Most Google Apps are accessed by the app name and google.com. Thus Google Drive is...

Emoji Your Drive to Create Visual Interest

by beth | Apr 10, 2018 | Ability, Classroom, Docs, Drive, Forms, Google, Intermediate

? Emoji Your Drive ? Guest blog post by Beth Mossholder Make your Google Drive a little more interesting with Emojis. Color coding can work out great when organizing folders in your Google Drive; but does nothing to help differentiate individual files in Drive. Emojis...

Preview Student Work and Add a Screenshot

by admin | Jan 29, 2018 | Advanced, Classroom, Drive, Google

Preview Student Work and Add a Screenshot Faster than opening students documents is to preview their work in Google Drive. I try to be in the habit of taking a screenshot of student work when I look at when I comment on it. In an age of dynamic documents, your comment...

Google Classroom: Submit a Screenshot and use DriveSlides

by admin | Jan 24, 2018 | Advanced, Classroom, Drive, Google, Slides

Have Students Take Screenshots I have been 1:1 almost my entire teaching career. One of my go to’s is to have students take screenshots and submit them. This not only holds students accountable for what they have been working on during the period it helps me to...