Friday Focus: Digitally Collaborating on Documents with Google Drive

Another Friday which means another Friday Focus. This week we were looking at ways to work collaboratively with your team whilst working remotely. A really valuable and practical tool to use both now and once we return to normal. Stream is below and if you would like the notes, here they are.



Now you're up to date, here's our 5 top tips for using Google Drive:

1. Google Drive has the capabilities of converting text from PDFs and images straight into a document file, so useful and time saving compared to retyping it all!
2. You can save time bu turning on email notifications when someone had edited a document. No more checking just in case someone has done some work.
3. If there are multiple people using a document at once, you can use the built in chat feature to discuss options. This is great for simple queries like does this make sense or what do you think of this font choice?
4. Google Drive allows for colour coding items, so to use our project as an example we could colour code each business we support for quick and easy access to each businesses files.
5. Take advantage of ownership levels. Sometimes a document doesn't need editing, just a second opinion. There are 4 levels of ownership on Google Drive: Owners, Editors, Commenters or Viewers. You can invite colleagues and give them as much editing abilities as you like.

So those are our 5 tips for Google Drive. Next week we will be focusing on digital communication. Definitely not one to be missed!