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ACS WASC Templates

Using Google Drive (Docs)

• Google Drive (previously Google Docs) is a free, Web-based word

processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and form application offered by

Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while

collaborating in real-time with other users.

• Documents can be shared, opened, and edited by multiple users at the

same time. You can keep track of changes (and of the person who made

them), and even revert to an older version by using the Revision history.

• Google Drive is the home for Google Docs.

• Google Drive lets you do more than just store your files. You can also share

files and edit them from any device.

• You can view over 20 file types in Google Drive in your browser, including

videos, even if your device doesn’t run the file’s original software.

• Google Drive lets you share documents in folders, and all new documents

added to the folder take on the same share properties.

Google Drive

• Self-Study Report templates are available in Google Docs, in one

document or broken out into separate categories for Chapter III.

Google Docs School Self-Study Templates

Visiting committee Google Docs templates are available for most

accreditation protocols:

• Self-Study Previsit Preparation Worksheet Templates

• Self-Study Documentation and Justification Statement

Templates

• Self-Study Visiting Committee Report Templates

• Mid-cycle Visiting Committee Report Templates

Google Docs Visiting Committee Templates

• Although Google Drive works on all browsers, the Chrome browser is

always a good choice as Google Drive and Chrome are both Google

products. Chrome also allows offline editing.

• To download the free Chrome browser, go to www.google.com/chrome.

Web Browser Recommendation

• Clicking the red New button . You can then select whether to create a New Folder,

File upload, Folder upload, Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides. You can also create

Google Forms, Google Drawings, Google My Maps, etc.

• Share with exactly who you want — without email attachments.

• Search or sort your list of files, folders, and Google Docs.

• Preview files and Google Docs.

More information about Google Drive can be found at

https://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2374855&topic=14941&rd=1.

Google Drive: Getting Started

• You will need to create a Google account to use Google Drive if you don’t

already have one.

• You can use your current email address to sign up. You will be prompted to

create a password.

Create a Google Drive Account

Google Docs Procedures

• Log into Google Drive and then go to the ACS WASC website:

www.acswasc.org.

• Find the Google Drive (Docs) template that you would like to use and click

on the link

• The document will appear.

• Go to the File pulldown menu and select Make a copy…

Google Drive (Docs) Procedures (cont.)

• The document will now open in Google Drive.

• Rename the document. Go to File -> Rename… and rename it with the name of

the school.

Google Docs Procedures (cont.)

• To share the document with your team members, click on the Share icon on the

upper top right side of the document.

Google Docs Procedures (cont.)

• To add people, enter the email addresses in People field. You can set permissions:

“Can edit”, “Can comment,” or “Can view.” You can also get a shareable link. The

default for a shareable link is for people to view the document. This means that

they can view and/or print the document.

Google Docs Procedures (cont.)

• Google Docs has a revision history pane that allows you to view all changes

made to a document by each collaborator. Google Docs revision history lets

you view and revert to earlier versions of your doc, and see which

collaborators made edits to each of these versions. Select File -> See

revision history to access.

• You can email your documents to other people as attachments or you can

share a link. You can limit the permissions of other viewers to View only.

This is a good way to share your visiting committee report with the school.

You can also allow them to make Comments only and not actually modify

the document.

• You can make comments throughout the document and “chat” with other

people who are online at the same time.

• Changes do not need to be saved, they save automatically.

Google Docs Features

• Google Docs now has a Suggesting Mode so that you can track suggested

edits. Suggestion mode allows anyone who can edit the document to

suggest edits to the document owner. The owner can accept or reject

edits. When you make changes to the document in Suggesting mode, your

typed text is surrounded on the top and bottom by a bracket, and

deletions are shown with a strike-through.

Suggesting Mode

• Comments are a handy way of adding notes to your regular

document text and are visible to viewers and collaborators. These

can be invaluable for communicating with collaborators about

specific parts of the document, as well as making notes about

changes you've made or would like to make. When you publish your

document or print it, the comments will disappear.

• General comments can be made by clicking on the Comments icon

at the top right of the screen.

• Anchored comments can be made by selecting text in the

document and right click and select comment. This comment will be

anchored to the text you selected.

• Comments can be replied to, creating a thread of the comments

made.

Comments

• To add a comment to your document:

• Place your cursor where you'd like your comment to appear or highlight

text that you would like to comment on.

• Go to the Insert menu and select comment.

• Select the Comment icon.

• Type your comment in the box that appears to the right of the document

and press the Comment button.

• To resolve a comment or discussion thread, click the comment and click

Resolve.

• To view the comment history on a thread, including resolved comments,

click the Comments drop-down menu in the upper right of your document

and select Show comment stream.

Adding a Comment

• All comments (anchored and unanchored) can be viewed by clicking on

the Comments icon.

Comments

• Here is an example of an anchored comment with several comments

Anchored Comments

• Resolved Comments will still appear in the Comments but will appear as

resolved. They can be reopened.

• Deleted Comments (and threaded comments) can be deleted by the

owner of the original Comment only. They will be deleted permanently.

Resolving and Deleting Comments

• To download a Google Drive file, go to File -> Download as -> and you will have a

number of different file options to save as.

Downloading a Google Drive file

• First download your Google Docs file, go to File -> Download as ->

and select PDF Document (.pdf).

• The PDF file should open or may appear minimized at the bottom of

your Google Docs screen.

• Open the file and click on the Download button at the top and save it

to your computer.

Creating a pdf file to upload to ACS WASC

• To upload the file to ACS WASC

• Go to Document Upload on ACS WASC website:

www.acswasc.org/document-upload/

• Fill out the appropriate form and select the type of document.

• Click on Browse to attach the file from your computer

• Click on “Submit”

Uploading a pdf file to ACS WASC

• If you have questions or comments, contact :

Cynthia Newton

Document Specialist

Accrediting Commission for Schools

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

533 Airport Boulevard, Suite 200

Burlingame, CA 94010-2009

Phone: 650 548-4387

cnewt[email protected]g

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