Google Drive: Getting Started

Google Drive lets you store and access your files anywhere -- on the web, on your hard drive, or on the go.

Your files are always waiting for you at drive.google.com, but you can also get them straight from your computer, smartphone, and tablet.

Google Drive lets you choose exactly who – friends, family, colleagues – gets your files. You don’t need email attachments anymore.

Google Drive contains the following functions:

• document to create a letter or paper
• presentation to make a slide show
• spreadsheet to work with numbers or items in a grid for calculation
• form to make a questionnaire
• drawing to create a free form drawing using specialized tools

Each tab in this guide will explain the feature and how to use it.

200 people can share a doc., file, or folder.

50 people at the same time can edit or view a doc, spreadsheet, presentation, or drawing. More than 50 can view but not edit.

Need even more?

Choose "public" visibility or share the doc or file with a mailing list not individuals.

You access your Google Drive through your ESCC VCCS email account.

1. On the ESCC homepage (www.escc.edu), click on the MyESCC tab

2. Log-in to myESCC 

3. Then open your VCCS email account by clicking on Gmail

4. In Google mail, on the right side, is a square with 9 squares inside. Click on it and you will get many choices, including Drive:

Great overview of the system itself. Google Docs is now called Drive.

Learn more about how to Set up Offline Access from Google.