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Google Drive

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What is Google Drive?

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 apps:

How Many? Limits in Google Drive

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.

Where is Drive?

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:

Google Docs in Plain English

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

Using Google Drive Offline

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

Credits

This LibGuide was adapted from the former Google Drive guide at Bethel University.

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