On this page, you’ll find how-to tips, self-guided training tutorials, video demonstrations, and lots of resources to help you make your way through Google’s G Suite collection of apps and extensions. Activities you can do with students are also included.
Google Drive
To learn more about Google Drive, you can consult the following resources:
- Docs, Sheets, and Slides: What are Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides? https://support.google.com/drive/answer/49008
- Google Docs Help https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en
- Share and Collaborate (a Google Docs: Document) https://support.google.com/drive/topic/2816927?hl=en&ref_topic=14940
- Google Docs in Plain English (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA)
- Manually upload files and folders to Google Drive https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2424368?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Google Docs
- Curts, Eric (May 15, 2016). 12 excellent add-ons for Google Docs, http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/05/google-docs-addons.html. Also includes instructions for how to install add-ons and remove installed add-ons
- How to Share your Google Docs https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2494822?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
For additional information, see also: Change your sharing settings,https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494886?hl=en
- When a document is not shared, people who click on your link see something like:
- By default, your document is private!!!!!
- To share your document, click the Share button in the upper right corner of the Google Docs page
- Then click in the Sharing field for the Sharing List to show up.
- Choose whichever method best suits your needs. Sharing only with folks in the gpsk12.org domain is a good choice.
- Click OK.
Google Sheets (Spreadsheets)
- Enhance your Google Docs Spreadsheets with Images http://www.labnol.org/internet/images-in-google-spreadsheet/18167/. See also Insert images into a spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=87037. Both of these are useful for inserting images in a cell. You can also insert a picture and have it insert over a region on a Google Spreadsheet. Just click Insert/image and drag an image into the box to upload it. Then place it wherever you want.
- Getting Started with Google Sheets.https://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&topic=20322&answer=140784&rd=1
Gmail: Tips and Tricks
- Filter mail older than a certain date http://it.fitnyc.edu/2014/05/23/gmail-tip-filter-mail-older-than-a-certain-date/. Useful tip for finding and deleting your oldest files.