Creating+Your+Digital+Research+Folder+Directions 

Part 1: Creating a Folder in Google Drive to House Your Research Material
 * Step 1: ** Log into your school google drive account.


 * Step 2: ** Click the red "create" button on the left of the screen, then select  "folder" from the drop down menu.


 * Step 3: **Name your folder  "LastName.FirstInitial.Research" (for example, my folder would be named Brooks.S.Research) and click the "create"  button. Your research folder will now be visible in  "my drive" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">.


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 4: ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Right click on the name of the folder and select <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"share" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> from the drop down menu.


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 5: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> In box that says <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"invite people" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> type in my last name, and select my email address. Click the blue <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"Done" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> button.

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Now, any time you put work into your research folder, I will automatically be able to access it from my computer, too. ** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Part 2: Creating Research Documents in Google Drive
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 1: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Click on your research folder to open it.


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 2: ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click the red <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> "create" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">button on the left side of the screen again. This time, select <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> "document" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> from the list.


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 3: ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">You will see a box that asks if you want to "create in shared folder", click <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> "share and save" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">.


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Step 4: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Click <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> "untitled document" <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">at the top of the screen and rename your document as you are instructed to do so in class. In this case, please name your document <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">annotated bibliography 1 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">.