Description

Google Drive is a convenient and secure way to store, share and access your files.  As CNU is a G-Suite for Education customer, you have unlimited storage space on Google Drive.  This course provides all of the information that you’ll need to get started using Google Drive, including how to upload and access your files, how to organize your drive, and how to share folders and files with others. We will also be covering some updates made to Google Drive since 2020, including new sharing features available for Shared Drives. 

Assumptions

Before taking this module, participants should be able to log into their computer and access CNU Connect.

Required Participant Prep Work

If practicing along with the session, participants should have several files that they don’t mind uploading and sharing with colleagues.

Agenda

• What is Google Drive?
• Why use Google Drive?
• Accessing Google Drive
• Security and Privacy concerns
• Uploading Files to Google Drive through the browser
• Google Drive Folders
• Google Drive Search
• Sharing files/folders
• When should you use Shared Drives?
• Setting up Shared Drives
• Inviting Shared Drives
• Integrating Google Drive for Desktop

Outcomes

After completing this module, participants will be able to:

• Access Google Drive
• Determine what types of data can be stored in Google Drive
• Upload files to Google Drive
• Organize their Drive with folders
• Search for files/folders in Drive
• Share files/folders with other Drive users
• Use Shared Drives to share files with no particular owner or teams of users. 
• Decide whether to use Google’s desktop app