Getting Started With Google Drive

1.)  Go to drive.google.com in your favorite web browser (Chrome, Edge, etc.)

You should see a screen like this:

2.)   Enter your school e-mail. It should look something like yourname@pb.k12.mo.us

3.)   Enter your password:

You should see a screen like this:

4.)  To move an entire folder, hit + New in the upper left hand corner and select Folder Upload

A dialog box like this should pop up

5.)  Navigate to the folder you want to upload and click it once.

After it is highlighted, hit upload. For this example I am moving a file with a picture in it

6.) If a permission box pops up, select that you trust the source. The source should be your local computer so it’s safe. The upload status will pop up on the right hand side of the screen

7.) Once the folder is uploaded, select My Drive from the left hand panel

This will bring up everything in your Drive currently.

8.) From here, you can double click on your folder to see the contents:

And there you go. The folder is now available on Drive.

To download your folder, Right Click on the folder and select Download

Drive will zip the folder

And then download it

The folder will now be in your Downloads folder on your computer

To unzip it, Right Click on the folder and select Extract All

This will, as the name implies, unzip the folder and allow you to access the contents of the folder like normal.