A Beginner’s Guide to Utilizing Google Drive
A Beginner’s Guide to Utilizing Google Drive
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
Google Drive is often viewed as a one-stop shop for organizing your work and collaborating with others. An understanding of Google Drive will prepare you for success in work projects, home tasks and so much more. In this course, renowned teacher and instructional designer Oliver Schinkten shares his insights and expertise on Google Drive to help you familiarize yourself with the platform and improve your organization and collaboration capabilities in and out of the workplace. Oliver begins by outlining the structure and features of platform. He then walks through how to upload, store, organize, manage, and share files within the Google Drive Cloud. Next, Oliver shares insights as to how you can create and collaborate with others through Google Drive. Finally, Oliver shares fundamental functionalities of the various Google Drive Apps. After completing this course, you'll be able to utilize Google Drive and other Google applications to organize, share and collaborate successfully.
Syllabus
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Uploading and storing files Ready to save your files into the cloud for use later? 3m
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Organizing your files Difficulty locating files or documents will inject inefficiency into your workday, and could leave you frustrated and stressed. 4m
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Managing your files With Google Drive, you are in control of all files and assets and can update, change, or delete as you best see fit. 2m
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Sharing files and folders Sharing files and folders with colleagues or friends has never been easier than with Google Drive capabilities. 3m
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Creating resources with Google apps The suite of Google Apps allows for creative and efficient development of resources for any type of project. 1m
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Collaborating in real time Sometimes there are multiple stakeholders all working together on a file, but with many different versions being created, your team can easily become confused and frustrated. 3m
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Managing version history Since multiple people can collaborate on the same document, there may be times where you need to find information that was included on an earlier version but has since been removed from the document. 2m
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Integrating Shared Drives Teams may need to collaborate over a set of documents, sheets, slides or forms and want to keep all of those resources together under one common drive. 2m
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Utilizing Google Workspaces All company needs for collaborating, including email, video chat, and calendars, can be utilized within a Google Workspace. 3m
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Collaborating with Google Docs Google Docs is a tool that allows users to create, share, and save documents for the entire team. 6m
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Managing data with Google Sheets Google Sheets are spreadsheets that will organize data and assist with the understanding of what the data means about your business. 4m
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Creating presentations in Google Slides Google Slides are slideshow presentations that can be shared and collaborated on with other team members simultaneously. 5m
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Gathering feedback with Google Forms Google Forms are surveys that allow you to capture information and ensure you are learning what you need to move forward. 7m
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Start using Drive Thanks for watching this course! 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Oliver Schinkten
Oliver Schinkten is a national speaker, consultant, writer, and video trainer. He is an expert in teaching and learning, and specializes in supporting educators on how to empower their students. As a learning facilitator, he’s passionate about education reform and revolution. Oliver believes in providing every student with an engaging, relevant, and personalized education to develop character and integrity.
Oliver Schinkten
Speaker, Consultant, Writer, Video Trainer
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