Using Google Docs

How to Use our Google Docs Folder to post and view work online:

To post a cooy of your work online (so that it can be reviewed by people who can't make it to every meeting) simply copy it into a new Google Document and save it in our group folder, "The Awesome Author's Group."

In order to have access to this Google Docs folder, you must have a google account, which you can create by following these steps:

1. Visit www.google.com
2. Click on the "Documents" tab on the top of the page.
3. Click on the "Sign-up" button on the top right.
4. Follow the directions on setting up a google account.

Once you have a google account, please send me (Nicholas Burk) a message here on facebook. In that message, please let me know that you would like to be granted access to our Gogle Documents Folder. All I have to do then, is simply add your email address. Any other member of our group who has access can also add your email to the list of those with access to the folder.

As soon as you are granted access, you are ready to post and view work! You should see other's work already listed as links in the folder. Simply clicking on them will open them up for you to review them.

To post your own work, please follow these steps"

1. Make sure you have opened our group folder.
2. Click on the "Create" button. This will open up a menu for you.
3. Choose the option "Document."
4. This will open up a blank page where you can copy and past your work. This document program is a lot like "Word" or other programs you are used to.
5. (You can also upload your work using the button next to the "Create" button.)
6. Once your work is saved, click on the "Home" link on the left.
7. Click on your new document and drag it ontop of our folder "The Awesome Author's Group." This will move it to inside the folder, allowing all group members to see it and review it.

Please remember to add all of the selections of your work you wish to be reviewed to this folder. After you feel you have recieved enough reviews for a particular piece, you can also delete it from our group folder.

When you add something new to our group folder, it is also a good idea to let everyone know with a quick post in our group on facebook.