Tuesday, January 17, 2017

30 in 30: Day 17 - Searching Google Drive more Effectively

Day 17 in the 30 in 30 series will take a look at how to search Google Drive more effectively.  One of the nice features of Drive is the ability to use Google's search box to find your Docs, Sheets, Slides or any file that you have saved in your Drive.  And while most know that this search box exists, not many use all of the search features that are available. Rather than just searching for what you think that name of the file is that someone shared with you.....or was it something that you created?  Hmmm.....didn't find it.  Maybe I called it something else?  Did I even save it here?  These are all questions that I hear when helping teachers.  Let's refine what we are looking for to help narrow those search results from Drive.  You do this by clicking on the down arrow in the Drive search box.  This will bring up a dialog box that will allow you to specifiy what you are looking for and bring back more specific and relevant results.  The image below is an example of what you will find.  If you are looking for the video to help explain searching Google Drive, you can find it here.


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