Create a Mobile-friendly Google Form

If creating a Google Form that you anticipate your audience will be accessing on a mobile device (phones in particular), consider using the Drop-down option in place of Multiple Choice to save screen space.

Organizing Your Google Drive 

First, go to tinyurl.com/gdrivetips and save a copy of this document in your Google Drive! (File, Make a copy...)

Some helpful keyboard shortcuts before getting started: 

(use Command instead of Ctrl on a Mac)

Control + C = Copy

Control + V = Paste

Control + Z = Undo 

Control + Y = Redo

Control + F = Find (click […] for Find/Replace) 

Control + L = Highlight URL of a webpage 

Control + K = Insert hyperlink 

Control + W = Close window/program

Let’s get organized!

Think of your Google Drive as a digital backpack. It stores all your stuff, but if you don’t organize it, it’s tough to find things. Unlike a backpack, however, you can easily sort and search for files. Another difference between the two is that you can search for items others have shared with you and store them in your own “digital bookbag” (My Drive).

Major folders in Google Drive:

1. My Drive - can store ANY file, not just Google, whether created by you or someone else

2. Shared with Me - you CANNOT organize this folder but you can drag items to My Drive

3. Recent - displays files you/collaborators have recently opened, as well as items shared with you

4. Google Photos - automatically syncs with the Google Photos mobile app

5. Starred - for your “favorites”

6. Trash

Sorting your files:

1. By name

2. By owner

3. By last modified

4. By file size

Searching for files:

1. By filetype:

2. By filename/keyword

3. By owner

*TIP: Before getting started on a search for files, you may want to change your view:

Grid View List View

Moving items:

1. While in Google Drive, drag a file/folder wherever you want it to go

2. While in Google Drive, right-click on a file/folder and select Move to…

3. While in a Doc/Sheet/Presentation/etc, click on the folder in the Top Left and select location: 

Creating new folders: Click on New > Folder

• Tip #1: If you are going to place a new folder in an existing one, first open (double-click) the folder you want to move to, then create your new folder there. 

• The new folder gets the same sharing permissions as its “parent” folder.

• Tip #2: Locate your Classroom folder and create subfolders for each school year: 2015-16, 2016-17, etc. Move your existing Classroom folders to the appropriate school year.

Sharing folders: 

• Just like files, you can share whole folders: single click on folder and click the Sharing icon 

• Everything that is placed in this folder gets the same sharing settings, so you don’t have to edit the share settings for every file.

• STUDENTS: Share your main Classroom file with your parents to create a digital “Take Home” folder