
If you don’t do this, it’ll continue to appear in their Shared with Me, and won’t sync to their desktop (more on that below). They will have to click the “Add to My Drive” button in red below. This is important – after you share the folder, the recipient will see it first in their “Shared with me” area. 3 Have each person “Add to Drive” to each of those shared folders HOW TO – Save a Google Docs document 9,927 viewsĪudacity audio narrative Camtasia cartoon animation ComicLife content hosting design digital storytelling exporting fair use favorite GarageBand GoAnimate images iMovie interviews iPad live video MovieMaker PDFs peer review Pixton PowerPoint Prezi primary research QuickTime reader-friendly remix reusable media rhetorical awareness screencasting screenshots stop motion storyboarding ThisIBelieve Tumblr usability voiceover web-ready Web 2.Choose who you want to share the folder with.TIPS – Camera Angles and Shooting Tips for Digital Storytelling 9,993 views.TROUBLESHOOTING – Audio problems when recording with QuickTime X 12,247 views.Creative non-fiction writing exercises 19,160 views.
HOW TO – Add a shortcut to a shared folder to My Drive (for easy access) 22,365 views. HOW TO – Export an mp3 out of GarageBand 29,446 views. HOW TO – Create a Hyperlink (Turn a Word into a Link) 42,916 views. HOW TO – Make Preview the Default PDF Reader on a Mac 52,498 views. HOW TO – Put your file into a shared folder on Google Drive 85,097 views. HOW TO – Format papers in standard academic format (using Microsoft Word) 118,206 views. Now you can easily move files into the folder by dragging and dropping them.Īnimated GIF: How to Move a File to a Shared Folder The shared folder you added to My Drive will now appear on the sidebar on the left, after you click the drop-down arrow. STEP 3: View the Shared Folder in your My Drive Directory With the folder open, click the small drop-down arrow to the right of the folder’s name, as shown below, and choose “Add to Drive.”Ī dialog box like the one below will open up, and you can cancel or close it. STEP 2: Add an Open Folder to your My Drive Folder Directory My students can follow the link to Our Google Drive Folder on the sidebar of our Class HUB. You can look in your Incoming folder, search for it by a work in the folder name, or follow the link provided to you. To add a shared folder to your My Drive directory, you first need to find it. How to View your My Drive Folder Directory The My Drive folder directory is what appears if you click the little drop down arrow to the left of My Drive, as shown below.
If someone has shared a Google Drive folder with you, and you plan to access the folder often and/or add your own files to it, you should add the folder to your My Drive folder directory for easy access.