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Make Folders in your Google Drive area

Organizing is easy when you use Google Docs to work on your assignments.

All your Google Docs automatically are also in your Google Drive area. There, you can see an unorganized  list of your Docs, but you can also make folders, make them any color you want, and name them however you like, so you can quickly find your articles and other resources you've found for your assignments - by uploading the article PDFs into a folder for your class.

Find your Google Drive area:

  • Click on the little square of dots that is the 'Google Apps' icon
  • Move your cursor around the list of apps until you see the Google Drive icon (a tri-colored triangle), and click on it

Make a new Google Drive folder:

  • Click on the '+ New' button at the upper left
  • Choose 'folder'
  • Give it a name
  • Click 'create'

To give it a color:

  • Right-click on the folder
  • Move the cursor up the menu, and hover over 'organize'
  • Move the cursor over to the new window and land on / click to choose your color

To re-name your folder:

  • Right-click on the folder
  • Move the cursor up the menu, and hover over 'rename'
  • Type your new folder name and click 'ok'