Google Drive SMART: 10 Teacher Tips

1	All work saves automatically There is no reason for staff to use the words “remember to save your work”
2	See Revision History Review detailed revisions of student(s) writing process from file creation.
3	Share Smart Teach students to work in a shared folder for student classwork turn in.
4	Big Brother with Admin Console Reporting Ask your Google Admin to run a simple report on student Apps Usage Activity
5	Add-ons… A Must! Consistency Checker, Easybib, amongst others are great ways to check for student grammar, ethics, and sourcing.
6	Incoming Anything shared with you will show up here. Don’t bother to remove/organize it’s contents… it’ll keep coming.
7	Drive not Apps Along with Google Drive, there are apps Docs, Sheets, Slides. These are standalone apps that display only your docs, sheets, or slides. You cannot organize it’s contents, view incoming, or trash.
8	Label It Google Drive get very cluttered with files and folders. Keeping it organized by changing folder colors or adding stars to label what is important.
9	Details/Activity Checkout a log of student activity when viewing a shared file/folder and pressing this button.
10	Great Communication with Emailing Collaborators If you or your students are working with a partner or group in a Google Doc, Sheet, Slides and want to contact your group about that doc, click File- Email Collaborators.

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