The new Exploring Google covers three of the most popular apps: Drive, Maps, and Calendar. The new course manual is now available for partner download on the Downloads page.
Google courses are in demand, and we are excited to announce a completely rewritten Exploring Google course that covers some of the most popular Google services. The manual is a complete introduction to each of the three apps, and enough material for a minimum of 3 sessions (49 pages.) This course focuses on the desktop versions of each app, but will provide the basis for using on mobile devices as well. These apps are all free to use, a Google account is all that is required.
Table of Contents
Welcome 1
Introduction to Google apps 2
How to create a Google account 3
Google Drive for PCs 5
Introduction to Google Drive 6
Why use Google Drive? 6
The My Drive workspace 7
Top menu bar 7
Drive toolbar 8
Action buttons 8
Navigation Pane 9
View Pane 9
Details Pane 9
Creating folders and documents in Drive 10
Creating folders in Drive 10
Creating Google documents in Drive 11
Uploading files to Drive from the browser 13
Organizing Drive on the web 14
Move a folder into another folder 14
Move a file to a folder 15
Move a file between folders 16
Set a color to a folder 16
Google Drive app on your computer 18
Installing Google Drive on your PC 19
Installing and using the Drive app 19
Sharing and collaborating 22
Link sharing 22
Sharing with specific people 23
Advanced Sharing options 23
Google Maps for Desktop 26
Introduction to Google Maps 27
Introduction to the Maps interface 28
Getting around box 28
Finding locations 29
Location information 29
Info Cards 30
Map 30
Imagery in Maps 31
Google Earth view (satellite) 31
Street View 31
Imagery carousel 33
Your Places 34
Turn by turn directions to your restaurant 35
Traffic on your route 35
Altering a route 36
Print directions 36
Google Calendar for desktop PCs 37
Introduction to Google Calendar 37
Left column 37
Types of calendars 38
Creating new calendars 38
Calendar menu 39
Sharing 39
Add or subscribe to calendars 40
Add a friend’s calendar 40
Add interesting calendars from Google 40
Create an event 40
Create event from the Create button 40
Create event in the calendar view 42
Create event with Quick Add 43
Edit an event 43
Inviting others to your event 43
Delete an event 43
Calendar settings 43
Settings>General 44
Settings>Calendars 44
Settings>Mobile Setup 44
Delete a calendar 44
Sign out of Google 45
Your opinion is important to us! 46