How to share files on Google Drive - Google drive Cloud
You can choose how visible your files and folders are, as well as what others can do with these files and folders, when you share in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets. You can aslo share files with others from the Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps on your Android phone or tablet.Steps to share a folder in Google Drive Cloud
1) Go to Google Drive Cloud
2) Right click on the folder
3) Go down to Share and choose share from the sharing options.
4) Where the folder is private, change to anyone with the link can view and add the email addresses of those who you want to have rights on the folder down at the bottom.
5) Anyone you typed the email address for can get email notification that you shared with them (I ask students to UNCHECK that box, would prefer not to get 200 emails at once). There is a link at the top of the share options that can be used to post on a digital portfolio or emailed to classmates to give viewing access of the documents in the folder.
Other ways to share files on Google Drive
• Sign in to Google Drive or a Docs, Sheets, or Slides home screen.• Open the file you want to get a link for.
• Click Share for files or the Share icon for folders in the top-right corner of the screen.
• Click Get shareable link in the top-right corner of the sharing box.
Watch the video to learn how to share files and collaborate in Google Drive. Sharing files. Whenever you share a file from your Google Drive
Now that Google has also joined the Google Drive cloud war with the launch of Google Drive, it would be unfair of me to not talk about sharing Google Drive files for our users
If you want to send a file or folder to someone so that they can view, edit, or comment on it, you can share it with them directly in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides, or through a link or email attachment.
Anyone you share the file or folder with will see changes made as they happen so that everyone can be on the same page and you can get feedback quickly.
How to share files via google drive
Share a file or folder via google Drive
You can share a file or folder in Google Drive or in the Docs, Sheets, and Slides home screens.
- Open Drive, or a file or folder you want to share.
- Open the sharing box:
- While you have a file open: Click Share in the top-right corner.
- While you have a folder open: Click the Share button in the top-right.
- From your file list in Drive: Select the name of a file or folder and click the Share button at the top.
- Under “People” in the sharing box, type the email addresses of the people or Google Groups you want to share with. You can also search for contacts by typing them into the box.
- Choose the type of access you want to give these users by clicking the dropdown arrow to the right of the text box:
- Can edit: Users can edit the file or folder and share it with others
- Can comment: Users can view and add comments to the file or folder, but can’t edit it
- Can view: Users can see the file or folder but can’t edit or comment on it
- Click Done. The users will receive an email letting them know you’ve shared the file or folder with them.
To give other people access to a file or folder, you can send them a link to open and access the item.
- Sign in to Google Drive or a Docs, Sheets, or Slides home screen.
- Open the file you want to get a link for.
- Click Share for files or the Share icon for folders in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Click Get shareable link in the top-right corner of the sharing box. A link to the file will be copied to your clipboard.
- Paste the link into an email or chat to share it.
- To stop allowing people to access the file using the link, open the sharing box > click the dropdown menu below "Link sharing on" > choose OFF > click Done.
