Setting up your Google Drive for EL Lessons

Dear students,

My apologies for forgetting to send this out earlier. This email will contain some basic explanation on how to use Google Drive for our EL lessons this year.

Setting up and accessing the folders

1) Click on your class folder below. On the top right corner of the screen, click on "Add to Drive". You will be prompted to select exactly where on your Google Drive you would like to add this EL class folder. Select any location you like.

Class 4H

Class 4P and 4O

2) The EL class folder is now accessible directly from your Google Drive without having to click on the links in my email or on the blog. If you do choose to use the links I provide in my emails or on the blog, select "Open in Drive" on the top right corner of the screen to be able to use the full features.

Working offline and uploading your files

All work submissions will have to be done in Google Doc format to facilitate easy access. As such, if you work offline using any other format (e.g. MS Word), you need to convert your files when uploading them onto Google Drive. To do so automatically, do the following.

1) Click on the Settings icon near the top right corner of your Google Drive

2) Select "Settings"

3) Check the box which says "Convert uploaded files to Google Doc Editor format"

All your uploaded files will now be automatically converted to google doc format. To upload from a Mac or from a Windows machine, simply drag your files into the desired folder on Google Drive. 

Students without MS Office

Some files I will share with you in the course of the year will come in MS Word or Powerpoint format. If you convert them to the corresponding Google Doc format, sometimes the formatting will change, rendering the document unreadable. To get around this problem, you can download and install free Office software such as Open Office, found at https://www.openoffice.org/.

Regards, 
Mr Ong Chin Meng
Head of Department / English