Using your Hall County Google Drive Account
Google Drive is a cloud based online document creation and storage tool. It also allows you to work collaboratively with other Google Drive users on the documents stored in your drive.
Accessing Your Google Drive through LaunchPoint
- Go to go.hallco.org
- Login using your school computer login information
- Click on the Google Drive icon
- If you are a first time user, you will need to agree to the terms and conditions.
Accessing Your Google Drive through Google
- Go to www.drive.google.com
- Login using your school computer login information BUT you will need to add @hallco.org to the end of your username
- You will be redirected to the HallConnect login page
- Login again using your school computer login information - DO NOT add @hallco.org on this screen
What can you do with Google Drive?
1. Create new documents
Click the red "Create" button on the left side of the screen and choose the type of document you want to create. Your options include word documents, spreadsheets, slide presentations, forms that can collect responses, and many more.
If you click "Connect More Apps" while in the "Create" menu, you can add third-party apps to your drive to create even more items, such as WeVideo, PicMonkey, GeoGebra, and otherflowcharts, charts, diagrams, videos,etc.
Be sure to give your documents a unique title at the top of the screen and change your Share settings (see #3).
2. Upload documents from your computer
Beside the red "Create" button you will see a small button with an arrow. This is the "Upload" button. Click it, then choose the documents from your computer you want to store in the Google Drive. When you upload a document it will be in a "Read Only" form, meaning you won't be able to edit it unless you open it in a Google application. To do this, in the list of documents on your Drive, RIGHT CLICK on the title of the document you uploaded and want to edit. Choose "Open with Google..." or another app you wish to open the document in.
3. Share and collaborate on documents with others
When you are inside a document in Google Drive, you will see a blue "Share" button in the top right corner of the screen. Click it to access Sharing options.
First you will see a link to share with others if you want them to access your document from a webpage or email.
Then you will see "Who has access" which defaults to private. Beside Private you will see "Change...". Click on "Change..." and choose the option that best suits your needs for this document. Most likely, you will want to use "Anyone with the link option." Once you've clicked "Anyone with the link" you will then be able to choose if the people who have access can view, edit, or comment on the document.
On the Share screen you also have the option to personally invite other users to collaborate on the document using the "Invite" option. If the person you want to collaborate with is another HallCo user, you can simply begin typing their name into the Invite box and chooser their email when it appears. Choose if they can view, edit, or comment, then Share and Save. If they are not a HallCo user you will need to know their email.
Once you have shared the document you will be able to work on it at the same time (or different times) as other users from different computers.
1. Create new documents
Click the red "Create" button on the left side of the screen and choose the type of document you want to create. Your options include word documents, spreadsheets, slide presentations, forms that can collect responses, and many more.
If you click "Connect More Apps" while in the "Create" menu, you can add third-party apps to your drive to create even more items, such as WeVideo, PicMonkey, GeoGebra, and otherflowcharts, charts, diagrams, videos,etc.
Be sure to give your documents a unique title at the top of the screen and change your Share settings (see #3).
2. Upload documents from your computer
Beside the red "Create" button you will see a small button with an arrow. This is the "Upload" button. Click it, then choose the documents from your computer you want to store in the Google Drive. When you upload a document it will be in a "Read Only" form, meaning you won't be able to edit it unless you open it in a Google application. To do this, in the list of documents on your Drive, RIGHT CLICK on the title of the document you uploaded and want to edit. Choose "Open with Google..." or another app you wish to open the document in.
3. Share and collaborate on documents with others
When you are inside a document in Google Drive, you will see a blue "Share" button in the top right corner of the screen. Click it to access Sharing options.
First you will see a link to share with others if you want them to access your document from a webpage or email.
Then you will see "Who has access" which defaults to private. Beside Private you will see "Change...". Click on "Change..." and choose the option that best suits your needs for this document. Most likely, you will want to use "Anyone with the link option." Once you've clicked "Anyone with the link" you will then be able to choose if the people who have access can view, edit, or comment on the document.
On the Share screen you also have the option to personally invite other users to collaborate on the document using the "Invite" option. If the person you want to collaborate with is another HallCo user, you can simply begin typing their name into the Invite box and chooser their email when it appears. Choose if they can view, edit, or comment, then Share and Save. If they are not a HallCo user you will need to know their email.
Once you have shared the document you will be able to work on it at the same time (or different times) as other users from different computers.
