Collaboration and

Productivity:

Google Drive and JAWS

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What We’ll Cover

• Overview of Google Drive

• Access the Navigation panel

• Open a folder, subfolder, or file

• Save a file

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Why Google Drive

• Google Drive is Google’s cloud storage and file

sharing platform

• It integrates with Docs, Slides, and Sheets to

enable real-time collaboration

• Access Google apps quickly from Drive

• Requires a Google account

• Accounts include 15 GB of free storage

• Purchase additional storage or upgrade to

Google One for added benefits

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Access the Navigation Panel

• The Navigation Panel contains

views and folders in Google Drive

• Press G then N to go to the

Navigation Panel

ARROW to navigate through this

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Open a Folder, Subfolder, or File

• Press ENTER to open a folder,

file or view

• Press RIGHT ARROW to open a

subfolder

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Save a File

• Documents created in a Google Workspace

application save automatically

• Rename a Google document to match its

content

• Documents that are not renamed are listed as

untitled

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Upload and Download Files

• Upload files from your computer to

share or for backup

• Download files from Google Drive

to your computer

• View Google documents in desktop

applications like Office 365

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Sort Files

• Sort files to locate them quickly

and last modified

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Search for Files

• Press SLASH (/) to access the

search box

• Type search terms and press

ENTER

• Focus moves to the search

results

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