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Accrediting Commission for Schools

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Accrediting Commission for Schools

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

WASC Google Drive (Docs) Training

Online documents with real-time collaboration

Accrediting Commission for Schools

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Cynthia Newton

Publications Specialist

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cnewton@acswasc.org

650 548-4387

www.acswasc.org

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• Google Drive (previously Google Docs) is a free, Web-based word processor,

spreadsheet, presentation, and form application offered by Google. It allows users

to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other

users.

Several months ago, we launched Google Drive: one place to create, collaborate, share and

keep all your stuff. If you’ve used Docs in the past, Google Drive is the new home for all your

files and folders including your Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

This means all your files that were previously stored in Google Docs will now be available in

Google Drive. If you haven’t already started using Google Drive, you’ll see a message to try it

out the next time you visit docs.google.com. Google website

• Documents can be shared, opened, and edited by multiple users at the same

time. You can keep track of changes (and of the person who made them), and even

revert to an older version by using the Revision history.

• For more information about Google Drive go to drive.google.com.

Google Drive (previously Google Docs)

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• Google Drive is be the new home for Google Docs.

• Google Drive lets you do more than just store your files. You can also share files

and edit them from any device.

• Google Drive uses powerful search capabilities to find what you need quickly.

• You can view over 20 file types in GD in your browser, including videos, even if

your device doesn’t run the file’s original software.

• Google Drive lets you share documents in folders, and all new documents added to

the folder take on the same share properties ― which is nice.

Access everywhere, every device. Drive comes with desktop and mobile apps, making it much

easier to upload, sync and access your stuff from any device. Get Drive for Android and iOS and

you can create and edit documents, open and share files, and upload photos and videos.

Find your stuff faster. Look for files by keyword and Drive searches everything — even text

within scanned documents or images without any text at all. Drive also comes with a simplified

navigation to help you better organize your files, and there's a new grid view to help you see

thumbnails at a glance. Google website

Google Drive

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What's the same

• If you've used Google Docs, some things in Google Drive will be familiar.

• Create Google Docs by clicking the red Create button.

• Share with exactly who you want — without email attachments.

• Search or sort your list of files, folders, and Google Docs.

• Preview files and Google Docs.

What's changed

• Collections are now called folders.

• More things have been added to the Settings menu, including upload settings.

• The left navigation has new views:

– My Drive

– Shared with me

– Activity

• The Home view is gone. Instead, use My Drive to organize all of your files, folders, and Google Docs.

More information about the differences between Google Docs and Google Drive can be found at

https://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2374855&topic=14941&rd=1.

Comparison between Google Docs and Google Drive

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• WASC Focus on Learning, 2010 Edition

• WASC/CDE Focus on Learning, 2011 and 2012 Editions

• WASC Focus on Learning for East Asia (EARCOS), 2009 Edition

• WASC/Hawaii Department of Education, Joint WASC and Hawaii

Department of Education Process (2006‒07 Edition)

The following GD templates are available:

• Previsit Preparation Worksheet Template

• Self-Study Visiting Committee Report Template

• Documentation and Justification Statement Template

WASC GD Templates

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• WASC Self-Study GD templates have been created but are not

currently linked on our website; they will be available by Part One

Self-Study Training in November:

• We will have two types of Self-Study Report templates:

1. Self-Study in one file

2. Self-Study Template split into sections:

• Chapters 1 and 2

• Chapter 3

• Chapter 4, separate file for each category (A, B, C, D, etc.)

• Chapter 5

WASC Self-Study GD Templates

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• Google Drive works on all browsers. The Chrome browser is always a good

choice as it is a Google product and allows offline editing, a new feature

currently only available on Chrome!

• To download the free Chrome browser, go to www.google.com/chrome.

Web Browser Recommendation

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• You will need to create a Google account to use Google Drive if you don’t

already have one.

• You don’t have to switch to Google mail, you can use your current email

address to sign up. You will be prompted to create a password.

Create a Google Drive Account

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Google Drive Templates on the WASC Website

Google Drive VC templates are linked on the Self-Study VC Chair page of the WASC

website: WASC Visiting Committee Materials/Templates ->

Self-Study VC Chair: www.acswasc.org/vc_chair.htm.

Both Google

Docs and

Google Drive

versions of the

templates are

available for

now during

the Google

Docs/Drive

transition.

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Google Drive Procedures

• To use a template, click

• If you are not already logged into GD you will be directed to a page to

either sign in to Google or sign up for a new Google account.

• Once you are logged in you will see this page, select:

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• The document will now open in Google Drive.

• Rename the document. Go to File -> Rename… and rename it with the name of

the school you will be visiting.

Google Docs Procedures (cont.)

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• To share the document with your team members, click on the Share icon on the

upper top right side of the document.

Google Docs Procedures (cont.)

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• To add people, enter the email addresses in Add people field. You can set

permissions: “can edit”, “can comment,” or “can view.”

Google Docs Procedures (cont.)

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• You do not need to save your changes, they save automatically.

• It helps to ask your various collaborators to write in a specific color text so that you

can easily identify who wrote what throughout the document.

• The chair will want to download the report back to Word before finalizing the

document. Word has more sophisticated formatting tools than Google Drive does.

Use GD to collaborate on the document itself, save the formatting issues to the

Word version. It is easier to insert tables and graphs in Word. You can leave

placeholders for tables or graphs in GD and then insert them while in Word.

• You can download documents from Google Drive to your desktop as Word,

OpenOffice, RTF, PDF, HTML or zip files.

Using GD: Tips and Suggestions

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• Google Docs has a revision history pane that allows you to view all

changes made to a document by each collaborator. Google Docs revision

history lets you view and revert to earlier versions of your doc, and see

which collaborators made edits to each of these versions. Select File ->

See revision history to access.

• You can email your documents to other people as attachments.

• You can make comments throughout the document and “chat” with other

people who are online at the same time.

• New feature just announced, you can now work off line.

Google Docs Features

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• You're able to view Google documents and spreadsheets even when you

don't have an Internet connection.

• It only works on Chrome and you need to set it up.

• Offline access isn't currently available for every part of Google Drive.

• For more information, visit

http://support.google.com/docs/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=1628465&par

ent=1360868&ctx=topic .

Using Google Drive Offline

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• Comments are a handy way of adding notes to your regular document text

and are visible to viewers and collaborators. These can be invaluable for

communicating with collaborators about specific parts of the document,

as well as making notes about changes you've made or would like to make.

When you publish your document as a web page or print it, the comments

will disappear.

• General comments can be made by clicking on the Comments icon at the

top right of the screen.

• Anchored comments can be made by selecting text in the document and

right click and select comment. This comment will be anchored to the text

you selected.

• Comments can be replied to, creating a thread of the comments made.

Comments Feature

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• The Comments feature can be found on the top right corner of GD, next to

the Share icon

How to Use the Comments Feature

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• To add a comment to your document:

• Place your cursor where you'd like your comment to appear or highlight

text that you'd like to comment on.

• Go to the Insert menu and select comment.

• Select the Comment icon.

• Type your comment in the box that appears to the right of the document

and press the Comment button.

• To resolve a comment or discussion thread, click the comment and click

Resolve.

• To view the comment history on a thread, including resolved comments,

click the Comments drop-down menu in the upper right of your document

and select Show comment stream.

Adding a Comment

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• Here is an example of an anchored comment with several comments

Anchored Comments

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• All comments (anchored and unanchored) can be viewed by clicking on

the Comments icon.

Comments

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• Resolving Comments. They will still appear in the Comments but will

appear as resolved. They can be reopened.

• Deleted Comments (and threaded comments) can be deleted by the

owner of the original Comments only. They will be deleted permanently.

Resolving and Deleting Comments

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• If you have questions or comments, contact :

Cynthia Newton

Document Specialist

Accrediting Commission for Schools

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

533 Airport Boulevard, Suite 200

Burlingame, CA 94010-2009

Phone: 650 548-4387 | Fax: 650 696-1867

cnewton@acswasc.org

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