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  • Last updated September 8, 2023 at 9:19 AM by tech-coach
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What is your favorite feature of Drive and how can mastering some of these features empower you to efficiently manage and collaborate on resources, assignments, and materials?

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Dawn Fischer

My favorite feature is the shortcut feature. Many times I do not know where I want to put a file or I want to put the same file in two different folders and the shortcut feature allows me to do this. Also, I like that you can rename files that people have shared with you without affecting the owner of that files name. Google Drive really allows multiple ways to organize files and collaborate with colleagues ~ it really has been a game changer from the old flash drives and emailing files back and forth! 
dawn-fischer About 2 years ago

Leah Coder

I love how you can shortcut shared folders into your own folders. That way I can save something in two different places. I love Google's search power. Even if I can't remember where I stashed something, I can search for it very easily. Knowing how to use the features of Google Drive makes planning and working with coworkers easy because we can work off the same documents and in the same folders.

I love Google suite and I can't believe that we were regular hard drives and Lotus Notes when I started.
leah-coder About 2 years ago

google drive

I love organizing my google drive and knowing where to go to find something. I like creating folders inside folders for more organization. I didn’t realize I could change the folder colors to organize! I also like how it tells you what the file is, document, excel sheet, pdf, etc.
kwach About 2 years ago

Google Simplicity

I love the ease of sharing and collaborating with others. Having folders is nice but laborious to go back to old work and sort and move it all. Sometimes it is just easier to search for things in the search bar! I didn't realize you could create new items right within folders and then it would save it there, that is helpful. 
stacy-batchen About 2 years ago

Katie Wilcox

Using Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc. is my favorite way to share documents and resources with other teachers on my team. It is a fast and efficient way to collaborate on classroom While making and sharing so many documents and resources, my Google Drive can often become unorganized and difficult to find things. I was happy to learn how to make subfolders in folders and using Emojis to help organize my Google Drive. Color-coding the folders will also help me keep my Google Drive organized and will be a quick way for me to find my resources. 
kmartorana About 2 years ago

Stephanie Boundy

I really love being able to share documents, folders, etc.... with anyone I am working with. It is super helpful and makes collaboration easier. Mastering these features help me to manage all my files. Gone are the days where the files live only on my hard drive. Here are the days of collaboration, easy duplication, and easy printing. I especially love how easy it is to find all of my documents. I have a filing cabinet full of black line masters that I never open!
stephanieboundy About 2 years ago

Jessica Mapps

  My favorite parts of google drive would be being able to color code folders and add emoji’s to make it easier to locate folders. I also like the ability to share folders. This is very helpful when I send papers to be copied by our copy service. 
jessica-mapps About 2 years ago

Rosanne Sanchez - Drive Reflection

My favorite feature of Drive is the ability to share folders and files.  It is a great professional feature to be able to collaborate and work as a team.  This feature has helped me professionally and personally.  
I also love how easy it is to organize folders and files.  The shortcut feature is also a great tool!  I like to be able to have my folders in my organization of my drive, but sometimes a folder needs to be somewhere else for collaboration with others, so the shortcut feature makes this possible without moving the folder from my original location.
rosanne-sanchez About 2 years ago

Amy Novak

I love how you can color-code the files and add emojis. Those help them stand out for easier accessibility. 
amy-novak About 2 years ago

Sarah Strohmeier

There are so many things I like about Google Drive. Easy access to all of my documets, teaching materials and important information! The fact that I can organize by year makes it so much easier for me to find things and go back to see what I did in years past. My favorite feature though is the ability to share documents, make copies, etc. that I an easily share with colleagues. It makes it a lot easier to collaborate being able to edit off of the same worksheet, assignment or document.
sarahstrohmeier About 2 years ago

Google Drive

My favorite feature in Google Drive for me would be the ability to share folders. We plan lots of events and going back on years past makes life a bit easier to find things we need. Now knowing that you can use the emojis and colors it will look easy on the eye and not all jumbled up. 
julia-krue About 2 years ago

Jaime Annarino

Drive makes it very easy to sort and organize all of my files and I love that I can color code my folders and insert emojis into the folder names!!! My favorite feature is that Drive is incredibly intuitive and recommends opening files and folders based on frequency and time visited. 
jaime-annarino About 2 years ago