ELIZABETH OLIVER MARSH
UCONN EPSY 5198
SPRING 2013
I. Creating a Google Account, Setting Up Google Drive STEP 1: Go to www.google.com STEP 2: Click on Sign In. If you already have a Google Account, sign in and advance to STEP 6. If you do not yet have an account, click on “Sign Up” to create one. STEP 3: To create your account, complete the necessary information. Be sure to use your school email. To do so, click on the “I prefer to use my current email address” link. Once you have completed the information, click Submit. 2
STEP 4: Your next step is to verify your Google account via your email account. Check your inbox for message prompting you to verify your account.
STEP 5: Once you have verified your account, click on Next Step and the on Get Started.
STEP 6: Now, you have returned to Google’s home page. On that page, please note that you are logged in- you can see your user name in the top right-hand corner. Now, please note the black navigation bar along the top of the page.
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STEP 7: To view your drive, click on “Drive” along the navigation bar.
STEP 8: To get familiar with the left menu bar, click on the options. My Drive includes your files. Shared with me are ones that are shared with you.
STEP 9: If you are ready to start building your organization, you can create files by clicking on My Drive. Along the top of the page, find the FOLDER+ button. Name the folder and click create. You may want to create folder for courses.
HINT:
Documents will, by default, save into ‘My Drive’. You will need to direct files that you want to reside in specific files. Drag+drop works within GoogleDocs, so you can pick up a file from My Drive and drop it into the appropriate folder. If you can’t find a file, look in My Drive or use the search function. 4