Using Google Drive to Enhance Collaborative Group Projects Paulette Comet & Michele Clements The Community College of Baltimore County
Using Google Drive to Enhance Collaborative Group Projects Paulette Comet Michele Clements Cengage Conference March 20, 2015
Agenda Introduction Demonstration Hands-on participation Sharing of Ideas Wrap up / Questions
What is Google Drive Cloud based storage and apps Store anything, share anything Access anywhere Syncs to Mac, PC, or mobile device Google search for files built in Start out with 15GB, if you need more you can purchase additional storage ($1.99 for 100GB) nnMhttps:// nnM
15 GB of Storage Your free storage is shared across Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos, and you can use it however you’d like. Store files up to 10 GB in Drive. Stuff you create with Drive apps won’t use storage. s and attachments in Gmail use your storage. Pictures you keep in Google+ photos smaller than 2048x2048 pixels are free.
Supported File Types Microsoft Office compatible View up to 30 different types of files in your browser Some file types are: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf, jpg, gif, png, mp4, avi, mov, fla
Security Work is backed up Own and control your data-you decide WHAT and HOW files are shared!
Getting Started You will need a Google account om/drivehttp:// om/drive
Google Apps Button Meet the Google Apps button - located upper right
Google Drive Demonstration
To Change to New Drive To Change to the New Drive – Previous Google accounts 1.Click Settings 2.Click Experience the new Drive
Google Drive Tips Convert a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file to Google Docs Once the file is uploaded to Google Drive, click on it, click Open Click File, Open with, choose Google Docs, Google Sheets or Google Slides History Click on File, See Revision History Built in Search for Files As you type google will auto generate possible results
Add ons Add ons are available for Google Docs 1.Click Add-ons 2.Click Get Add-ons 3.Select one 4.Click Free 5.Click Accept
To Share ● Click Get Shareable Link
To Share Share Editors will be allowed to add people and change permissions
Install Drive on Your Computer 1.Click Settings 2.Click Download Drive 3.Select the type of device 4.Click Accept and Install
Link goes to user folder. Synchronization Files stored in DRIVE!
Teacher Ideas Live chat with students Provide feedback to students (comments) Create surveys for immediate feedback- Google Form Course survey Engage students-use like a wiki
Classroom Ideas Collaborative research group projects lab reports writing Brainstorming Great for hybrid, online and face-to-face Research and cite within Drive Vocaroo and QR codes
More Google Drive Tips Research and cite Click on Tools, Research See choices
vocaroo.com
Questions and Sharing
Resources drive-project-ideas.htmlhttp://tech-three.blogspot.com/2013/05/google- drive-project-ideas.html