Using Google Drive In Google Drive, you can create new documents, upload pictures and other documents and then share one or more of these files with people by sending them a link to your file or sharing the file with an individual’s email address or a mailing list.

You must be logged into your LTU email to access your drive. On the email screen, you will see a menu across the top of the page “Drive” is one of the options or go to drive.google.com in your browser.

Here is video of how to create and share a document. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKt3-fruLyE

Creating, saving or deleting a Google document in Drive.

Create a Google document To create a new document, go to your Drive, click the Create button, and select Document, spreadsheet, presentation, etc…

A window with a new Google document will open, and you'll be able to edit the document, share it with other people, and collaborate on it in real-time. Google Docs saves your document automatically, and you can always access it from your Drive.

Save a document When you create a new document, Google Docs will name it Untitled by default.

To choose a name other than Untitled, click the File menu, and select Rename. From here you can choose and confirm your document's title. You can also edit the name by clicking the title displayed at the top of the page, and making your changes in the dialog that appears. Titles can be up to 255 characters long.

Delete an item that you own from your Drive 1. From your Drive, select the item(s) you want to delete. 2. From the More menu, choose Move to trash. 3. If you're deleting a shared document that you own, you'll see an option to change the ownership of the document. 4. The item will be moved to the Trash. 5. To purge individual items from Trash, select them and choose Delete forever. To purge all your items click Empty Trash in the upper left. 6. If you delete a shared document that you own, it will be completely removed from the Drive for all collaborators, and they will no longer have access to the document. Before deleting a document, you may want to make someone else its owner so that your collaborators can still access it. Remove an item that you don't own from your Drive 1. From your Drive, select the item you want to delete. 2. Go to the More menu, and select Unsubscribe.

Upload files and folders to Google Drive

Drag-and-drop file upload You can drag-and-drop your files directly from your computer into your Google Drive.

This feature is available only in the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox. If you aren’t working in the latest version of Chrome or Firefox, you can click the Upload button and select Files... from the drop-down menu.

File upload To manually select files from your computer to upload to Google Drive, follow these steps:

1. In your Google Drive, click the Upload button and select Files... from the drop-down menu. 2. Select the file you'd like to upload. To select multiple files, press Shift or Ctrl and click all the files to upload. 3. Your file will appear in My Drive.

Sharing documents and folders

In Google Drive, you can share one or more of your files with people by sending them a link to your file or sharing the file with an individual’s email address or a mailing list. Notify people when you share something Whenever you share something with someone they’ll receive an email notification to let them know they have access and can retrieve what you shared the next time they sign into their Google Drive. Prefer not to notify them? Uncheck the "Notify people via email" box. Share lots of files at once If you want to share multiple items with your collaborators, move them into a folder and share the folder, with them. Since you’re sharing the folder, that’s their key to access. They’ll be able to access to whatever’s stored there or lose access if you remove something that they don’t already have access to.

Sharing a file with an email address or mailing list

1. Check the box next to the file or folder you'd like to share. 2. Click the Share icon . 3. Choose the appropriate visibility option: "Private," "Anyone with the link" or "Public on the web." 4. Type the email addresses of the people you want to share with in the text box below "Add people." You can add a single person, a mailing list, or choose from your contacts. 5. Choose the access level from the drop-down menu next to each collaborator: "Can view," "Can comment" (Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations only), or "Can edit." 6. Click Share & save. Don't skip notifying people by email. Your fellow mailing list members need to directly click the link in the email notification in order for a shared item to show up later in their list of documents.