Organizing Student Google Docs

Lets Get Organized

Does your inbox flood with "Shared with you" emails from students? Do you constantly have to scour through lists of Google Docs to try to find the one to grade?

Keeping student work organized is essential to making you more efficient as a teacher. Read on for a step by step guide on how to walk your students through organizing their information.

Check out the Naming Convention Document I created to walk teachers through this process as well.

Step 1: Login to Google Account

Step 2: Open Google Drive

Step 3: Click on My Drive

Step 4: Click on Create

Step 5: Click Folder

Step 6: Name your folder Work 2013-2014

Step 7: Click on the folder in the drop down menu on the left

Step 8: Within that folder create a new folder

Step 9: Name your folder P# Last Name, First Name ENG

Step 10: Hover over the folder in the drop down menu on the left

Step 11: Click the arrow, click share.

Step 12: Share with your English teacher

Step 13: Click share and save.

Step 14: Click the arrow next to her name, give her ownership.

Step 15: Move any English Documents into your shared folder named P# Last name, First Name ENG

Step 16: Rename Documents to follow this pattern:

Naming digital assignments (including Google Docs)

(period or number) Assignment Name First Name Last Name

*MS Example: P2 Ancient World Essay Erin Zaich

Step 17:

Email Subject Heading (to make for easy filtering when turning in digital assignments)

HW period number

Example:  HW P2