google drive tutorial

Espacio Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación

M.I.S.T. Miguel Ángel Romero Ochoa

Febrero 2015

Google Drive

Traducción: Edna Mónica López Ceballos

What is Google Drive?

Google Drive is a file storage service. Each user starts with 15GB of space (free of charge) to store their files, but the user may pay for more space.

Google Drive’s website is accessible from a computer and from a mobile device. With this service, the user can edit documents and spreadsheets in real time.

How does it work?

1. The files stored in Google Drive are syncronized in the Cloud and in every other of the user’s devices (as long as the application is installed in said devices).

2. The files in the Google Drive folder can be shared with other users as well as be read from both the Google Drive website and from the application installed in the computer.

How does it work?

To begin using this service, go to the website https://drive.google.com/ and log in (or sign up) with your

Google account.

https://drive.google.com/%E2%80%8E





Google Drive from the web

Web management forGoogle Drive

Once you’ve logged in, you’ll see a screen like the one shown below


On the left side, you can see the different options Google Drive is equipped with. To upload any file: document, image, video, among others, click on “upload”.


You can upload files individually or folders that contain several files within them.


Choose the file you wish to upload to Google Drive.


You will be able to upload any file you want (as long as you don’t go over the storage limit). You can see the content that has been uploaded by clicking on “My unit”.


On the right side, Google Drive is equipped with an activity report where you can see what has been done in the storage unit.


Clicking on a file will give you a preview of it, as shown below.


The options given with the preview are “adjust size”, “zoom out”, “zoom in”, “print”, “open”, “share”, and “download”.


Right-clicking on the different types of files that are stored will show their properties. Some of the options given after right-clicking are shown below.


In the properties shown in the previous slide, you can click on “share” to invite a friend to view the document/video/photo/etc. You will then type in the email address of the person you’re inviting as well as selecting what that person can do with the document.


Other sharing options for the document are the visibility options. Among them, there are: public on the web, any user with the link or private. As a last step, click on “Save”.


You will once again see the screen below. To finish, click on “Done”.

Link to share,remember it must be“public” or “any one thathas the link”.


When a friend shares a file with you, you can see them in the section “shared with me”.


Google Drive allows you to keep tabs on all recent changes.


You will also be able to see all deleted files and restore any of them, in case you want to get them back.

Google Drive from yourcomputer

Installing Google Drive on your computer

To install the application on your computer, you only need to find “Connect Drive to my computer” from the website (seen prior).


The installation process will begin. Follow the instructions until you’re asked for your Google account information.


Type in your Google account information and click “Log In”.


When the installation process is finished, you may see the Google Drive icon appear beside the Windows clock. Clicking on it will show you the different options it has.


Once in the Google Drive folder, you will see that all the files done on the web have been automatically syncronized into your computer system.

References

Google Drive (2014). Information taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Drive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Drive

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