Google Docs

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1 What is Google Docs?
2 Create a Google Docs Account
3 Using Google Docs
- 3.1 Upload a Document
4 Resources

What is Google Docs?

Google Docs allows users to create, share, edit, and collaborate on documents free, from anywhere with a internet connection. You can even upload Word Documents from your computer to Google Docs for sharing and collaboration purposes. Google Docs includes various types of documents including presentations (similar to PowerPoint), spreadsheets, and forms.

When you share documents in Google Docs, there are two options for sharing, you can allow others to collaborate and edit the document or just view the document. Unlike a wiki, in Google Docs you can collaborate in real time, whereas in a wiki if more than one person are working on the same document, your changes could get erased if someone else saves their changes before you do.

Additionally, you can publish your documents in Google Docs as a web page and link that from your FerrisConnect course.

Plus, you can see the history of revisions and revert back to previous versions of a document.

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Create a Google Docs Account

Anyone can create a free account with Google which will allow you to use Google Docs as well as other Google services. Click here to go to Google's site to create an account.

NOTE: You need to have an email address to create a Google account, however, you can just use your Ferris email address - you do not need a gmail account.

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Using Google Docs

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Upload a Document

Google Docs allows you to Upload files you already have created and share it with others in the format of Google Docs to collaborate or publish your file as a web page. Here are the file types which Google Docs will allow you to upload: