Google Drive for Faculty and Students
- Cassandra Rinker
- Jessica Steele
Teaching faculty and students can use Google Drive to store and share files with others. This is the best place for faculty to share files with students, but the files can be shared with anyone with an email account. For Google Drive help and tutorials, visit the Google Drive Support page.
How to access Google Drive
Go to drive.google.com and sign in using your Login credentials. There is also an app available for your Android device or iPhone/iPad.
Google Drive will work with most major browsers and operating systems. For more information, view Google's System requirements and browsers page.
How to upload files and folders to Google Drive
Google Drive supports documents, images, audio, and video files. To upload files into Google Drive, all you have to do is drag and drop the file on your computer or tap Add and then Upload on your mobile device. For more information, view Google's Upload files and folders to Google Drive page.
How to download a file from Google Drive
To download a file on your computer, right-click on the file and click Download. To download a file on your Android device, tap and hold the file and then tap Download.
You can download the following file formats:
Documents: HTML, RTF, DOCX, OpenOffice, PDF, EPUB, Text
Spreadsheets: CSV, HTML, ODS, PDF, XLSX, TXT (only for a single sheet)
Presentations: PDF, PPTX, TXT
Drawings: PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF
For more information, view Google's Download a file page.
Increase storage for Google Drive
Storage will be capped at 5TB starting April 24, 2023, which very few people will ever exceed. Users who reach at least 90% of their default 5TB storage capacity can submit a ticket to request additional cloud storage of up to 25TB.
Learn more about Google Drive