Google Drive-Google Drive - Course Outline

Google Drive - Course Outline

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This course outline covers essential skills for using Google Drive within G Suite. Learners will understand how to navigate Drive’s interface by switching between My Drive and other views, finding files using search, sorting and filtering results, and switching between list and grid layouts. The course explains how to open and work with content, including opening folders, previewing files, and opening files directly.<br /><br />Participants will also learn how to create and organize content effectively: creating new Google files, copying and renaming files, creating folders, and moving files or folders to new locations. The outline includes ways to improve organization and productivity, such as starring files and folders, removing items from Starred, and applying color codes to folders.<br /><br />A section on Workspaces teaches how to create a workspace, add or remove files from it, and hide or delete workspaces to keep Drive organized.<br /><br />The second part focuses on file management and collaboration. It covers deleting files, restoring deleted items, and permanently deleting content. Sharing is addressed in detail, including sharing files or folders, generating shareable links, and controlling access with options such as setting sharing expiration, removing access, and transferring ownership.<br /><br />The course also includes uploading and downloading content, with options to upload files or folders, automatically convert uploads, and download items. Version control is introduced through viewing file history, uploading new versions, and downloading or deleting previous versions.<br /><br />Finally, learners will explore syncing Drive with a computer using Drive File Stream, making files available offline, pausing/resuming syncing, and managing notifications, including viewing Drive File Stream alerts.

Keywords

Google Drive

G Suite

My Drive navigation

search and filter files

list and grid view

file and folder organization

Workspaces in Drive

sharing permissions and access control

version history and file versions

Drive File Stream syncing and offline access