How to Use Google Drive

HOW TO USE Google Drive

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If you haven’t upgraded to Google Drive yet,

go to docs.google.com

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© 2012 Sharon Cortez h<p://YourFilipinoVA.wordpress.com 3

Sign in to your google account


Click Sign In


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Click Install Google Drive for Mac


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Click Agree and download


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Look here


Click Keep


Download begins…


A]er the download, click installgoogledrive.dmg


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Drag the Google Drive icon to the Applicaôns folder


Click the Applicaôns icon on your Dock


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Click Open


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Sign in to your account, click OK


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Enter your email


Enter your password


Click Sign In


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Click Next


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Click Finish



When you click Finder, you now have a folder named Google Drive



Your Title Bar should also have a

Google Drive icon


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Now let’s try to create a Form

using Google Drive


Go to drive.google.com


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Click Create


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Choose Form


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Type a name for your Form


Type a brief descripôn


Enter a Quesôn Title


Enter Help Text


Choose Quesôn Type


For this example, choose Scale


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Check Make this a required quesôn


Click Done


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Hover your mouse to the right


To create another quesôn, click Duplicate


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Enter second Quesôn Title


Enter Help Text


Click Done


Repeat the same process un^l you have finished all quesôns


Hover your mouse at the last item, click Edit (pencil icon)


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Let’s say you want a comment box, Enter Quesôn Title


Enter Help Text


Click Quesôn Type


Choose Paragraph text


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Click Done


Let’s say you want to create a list of names where par^cipants can

choose from


Click Add Item


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Click Choose from a list


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Enter Quesôn Title


Enter Help Text


Enter the first opôn


Enter the second opôn


Enter the third opôn


Click Make this a required quesôn


Click Done


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When they click on the dropdown, this appears


Click Save


Your Form is finished!


You can send the link to par^cipants of your survey form



OR Click Email this form


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Enter par^cipants’ emails


Click Send


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When they click the link, this appears


They may now answer the form…


… and click Submit once finished


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Remember this checkbox?


When a quesôn is le] unanswered, this appears


And the unanswered quesôn is highlighted


When all quesôns have been answered, this appears


To see the responses, go to drive.google.com


Click on the Form file


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You may now edit the spreadsheet

to create your desired report


Another way of seeing responses is while in Edit Form window


Click See responses


Choose Summary


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You may also set a deadline

for the par^cipants to answer the form


To do that, Click Form


Uncheck Accep^ng responses


When par^cipants try to answer the form a]er the deadline…


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Aside from Forms, there are many other documents you can

create in Google Drive


Click Create, choose From template…

The web has plenty available


Hope you enjoyed this tutorial

as much as I had crea^ng it. J


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