Discovering Google Docs

Previously, in one of my past blogs, I posted up a powerpoint presentation. As you know, I couldn't post the powerrpoint presentation in my blog, so I decided to post it in Google's helpful little tool called Google Docs. What Google Docs allows you to do is post on the internet a document that you wish to show everyone, or only people with the link. You can even set the document as only viewable to yourself.  Personally, this is not somewhere that I would post an upcoming test, even if I did put it as only viewable to myself. The reason behind this is that if someone wants that information, like a parent to help their kids pass, they could hack into your account and retrieve that document with powerful technology. I won't go into detail, but some may not even think about this senario happening to them and then it does.

Anyway, this technology is greatly helpful for teachers who need to post a few documents for the class, like class activities or assignment task sheets. Students can use this to upload any documents they made in a lesson that they needed to complete. Here are a few easy steps in how you can add your own documents to Google Docs:

1. Go to the Google webpage.
2. Click on the 'Sign In' link at the top right hand corner of the page.
3. Click on the link 'Create An Account Now' if you don't have a google account, or sign in with your account if you have one. Once you have signed in, your page will automatically go back to the Google home page.
4. Go to the top of the page and click on more. It will list a few options. Go down to the option that says 'Documents' and click on it.
5. In the top left hand corner of the page should read Google Docs. Click on the upload button and click on the 'Files' option when the list appears.
6. Finally, choose your document and choose your upload settings, then click start upload.

So there you have it. You can now start uploading your own documents. Enjoy.