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====Overview of Features====
====Overview of Features====
# Google allows you 15 GB of free Google online storage, this includes your photos (Google photos), emails (Gmail), stories, drawings, recordings, video (Drive files).
# Google allows 15GB of free Google online storage space on cloud, this includes your photos (Google photos), emails (Gmail), stories, drawings, recordings, video (Drive files).
# Your files in Drive can be reached from any smart phone, tablet, or computer.
# Your files in Drive can be reached from any smart phone, tablet, or computer.
# You can invite others to view, download, and collaborate on all the files you want–no email attachment needed.
# You can invite others to view, download, and collaborate on all the files you want–no email attachment needed.
==== Installation ====
==== Installation ====
It is a web based application, there is no installation process. To access google drive, you have to sign in to your google account (Gmail login will do this).
It is a web based application, there is no installation process. To access google drive, you have to sign in to [https://drive.google.com www.drive.google.com] site by using your google login details.
===Working with the application===
===Working with the application===
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# The above images show you how to access Google Drive. You need to access a browser ([[Learn Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]]) for this. On your computer with Ubuntu custom distribution, to open web browser go to (Applications → Internet→ Firefox web browser), as shown in the first image. And then type www.gmail.com in address bar to enter to Gmail page.
# The above images show you how to access Google Drive. You need to access a browser ([[Learn Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]]) for this. On your computer with Ubuntu custom distribution, to open web browser go to (Applications → Internet→ Firefox web browser), as shown in the first image. And then type www.gmail.com in address bar to enter to Gmail page.
#Login to your Gmail account by using your Gmail user ID and password.
#you have to sign in to [https://drive.google.com www.drive.google.com] site by using your Gmail user ID and password.
#The google drive page will open and will look like the above image (last image).
#The google drive page will open and will look like this.
====Creating / uploading and sharing files====
====Creating / uploading and sharing files====
#To Upload your local Folders to or Files to Google Drive , Click on “New” icon on left side of the screen.
#To Upload your local Folders to or Files to Google Drive , Click on “New” icon on left side of the screen.
##If you want to create a folder, click on “Folder” --> Give folder name --> Click on “Create”.
##If you want to create a folder, click on “Folder” --> Give folder name --> Click on “Create”.
##You can create new files here, you can create documents, spreadsheet, slides. Google Drive has Open Document Format (odt, odp, ods) viewer and can open any .odf files, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx supported files.
##You can create new files here, you can create documents, spreadsheet, slides. Google Drive has Open Document Format (odt, odp, ods) viewer and can open odt, fodt, ott, odp, fodp, otp, ods, fods, ots, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx supported files.
##To upload a file: Click on File Upload -> select file ->click open. Google drive will allow you to upload any kind of files like images, audio’s, videos, text files deb files etc..
#Sharing files: Select any file -> Right Click and click Share . Or Open your file, go to right corner and click on SHARE. Here you can share your uploaded folder or files with others by using their Gmail ids.
#Sharing files: Select any file -> Right Click and click Share or open your file, go to right corner and click on '''SHARE''' it will open popup window, here click on get shareable link option on the top right side of the window copy this link and share with other using different platforms like gmail, whats app, telegram, also in moodle paste this link.
#Choose access permission. Examples : If you want to give access to edit , select “can edit” option. same like you can select other options like "comment" and only "view".
#Once you click on the share icon, choose access permission under anyone with this link option.
Examples : If you want to give access to edit , select “can edit” option. same like you can select other options like "comment" and only "view".
==== Share your uploaded files link ====
====Saving the files and formats====
====Saving the files and formats====
