Finding Files in your Google Drive

Having trouble finding files in your Google Drive?

Here are a few tips that might make them easier to find:

If it is a file you already had open recently, try using the "Recent" tool. This will sort your files by: Ones that were opened today, Earlier this week, and For the Month.

If it is a file that you use REGULARLY, consider giving it a "STAR".   Next to the title of your file (near the upper left corner) is an outline of a star. Clicking inside, turns the star yellow, and adds it to the "Starred" folder. You can access the "Starred" folder at anytime from the "Starred" tab on the left side of your Google Drive.

To find files that are not used regularly, try using the search bar at the top of your Google Drive screen.  Here you can search by title, date range, or even file type (for example, maybe you know it was a PDF, but you can't remember what it was titled).

Sharing a Google File

Sharing a File in Google

Sharing files with the "Share" option in Google can be a very useful tool.  Here are some suggestions to share your files with others.

Click here for written directions in Google Docs.

In this video, you will learn how to share a Google file.

This video provides further details to link a shared file to text in gmail.

Adding Groups in Pearson

How to Make Student Groups in Pearson
(Words Their Way and Investigations Math):

Creating student groups within the Pearson online platform will help you to assign different levels of work to specific groups of students. You can create groups and edit the groups at any time. 
Watch below to learn how!

Click here for the written directions to create student groups in Pearson.

Sending Emails through Skyward

Sending Parent Emails through Skyward

Gmail has changed the way we have been able to upload Contact Groups (Labels).  Although we have found some tedious "work-arounds", some teachers have opted to contact their parent groups through Skyward.  The video below shows how this can be done.

Click here for PDF directions.