Google Drive repository: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:37, 3 February 2016

Google Drive can serve both as a repository from which users can "pull" files they need for their course and also a portfolio into which they can "push" files they want to keep. Both options need to be enabled by the administrator before they are available for teachers and students.

Enabling the Google Drive repository

Note: In order to use either the Google Drive or Picasa repositories (also the Google Drive or Picasa portfolios) an administrator must register their Moodle site with Google, as described in Google OAuth 2.0 setup, and obtain a client ID and secret. The client ID and secret can then be used to configure all Google Docs and Picasa plugins.

Log in as an administrator and go to Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Repositories > Manage Repositories
Activate the Google Drive repository by selecting 'Enable and visible' in the dropdown menu
Configure the Google Drive repository by entering the client ID and secret
Save changes

Getting ("pulling") your files from Google Drive

From the file picker, click on the Google Drive link and a prompt to log in will appear:

If it is your first time, the click the "Allow access" button to log in

Log into your account

Allow access

Your files will display for you to choose from.
You can view them in three ways by clicking one of the options at the top right.

Icon view

Table view

List view

Repository capabilities

There is just one capability, View Google Drive repository, which is allowed for the default authenticated user role.

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-Google Docs can serve both as a Repository from which users can "pull" files they need for their course and also a Portfolio into which they can "push" files they want to keep. Both options need to be enabled by the administrator before they are available for teachers and students.
+Google Drive can serve both as a repository from which users can "pull" files they need for their course and also a [[Google Docs portfolio|portfolio]] into which they can "push" files they want to keep. Both options need to be enabled by the administrator before they are available for teachers and students.
-== Google Docs as a repository ==
+==Enabling the Google Drive repository==
-===Enabling the  Google Docs repository===
-* Go to Site Administration>Plugins>Repositories>Manage Repositories;
-* Select from the drop down next to Google Docs "Enabled and visible";
-* If desired,click on "Settings" and give Google Docs a customised name (not essential)
-[[File:Googledocsrepoenable.png]]
-===Getting ("pulling") your files from Google Docs===
+Note: In order to use either the Google Drive or Picasa repositories (also the Google Drive or Picasa portfolios) an administrator must register their Moodle site with Google, as described in [[Google OAuth 2.0 setup]], and obtain a client ID and secret. The client ID and secret can then be used to configure all Google Docs and Picasa plugins.
-* From the file picker, click on the Google Docs link and a prompt to log in will appear:
-[[File:Googledocsfilepicker.png]]
-* Click the "grant access" button to log in
-* Your files will display for you to choose from:
-[[File:Googledocsview.png]]
-== Google Docs as a portfolio ==
+# Log in as an administrator and go to ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Repositories > Manage Repositories''
-===Enabling the Google Docs portfolio===
+# Activate the Google Drive repository by selecting 'Enable and visible' in the dropdown menu
-* Go to Site Administration>Advanced features and ensure "Enable portfolios" is checked/ticked
+# Configure the Google Drive repository by entering the client ID and secret
-* Go to Site Administration>Plugins>Portfolios>Manage Portfolios
+# Save changes
-* Select from the drop down next to Google Docs "Enabled and visible";
-*If desired,click on "Settings" and give Google Docs a customised name (not essential)
+==Getting ("pulling") your files from Google Drive==
-[[File:Googledocsrepoenable.png]]
-===Sending ("pushing") your files to Google Docs===
+* From the file picker, click on the Google Drive link and a prompt to log in will appear:
-* You can export items such as assignments, chat and forum posts to enabled portfolios. Here is an example with a forum post:
-* At the bottom of your completed forum post are the words "export to portfolio".
+*  If it is your first time, the click the "Allow access" button to log in
-[[File:Forumexport.png]]
-* Click the words "export to portfolio" and then select from the dropdown Google Docs. (If it is the only portfolio enabled, it wil be the only choice!)
+{|
-[[File:Selectdestination.png]]
+| [[File:newgoogledocs.png|thumb|Log into your account]]
-* Click "Next". If you haven't done this before you will be prompted to log in to your account. Agree and log in.
+| [[File:newgooglepermission.png|thumb|Allow access]]
-* The "export complete" message will appear. Clicking "continue" will take you to Google Docs.
-[[File:Exportcomplete.png]]
+|}
-* As an example, an exported forum post will be named "post.html" It will open up like this:
-[[File:Forumpostgoogledocs.png]]
+* Your files will display for you to choose from.
+*You can view them in three ways by clicking one of the options at the top right.
+{|
+| [[File:googledocsrepothumb.png|thumb|Icon view]]
+| [[File:googledocstableview.png|thumb|Table view]]
+| [[File:googledocslistview.png|thumb|List view]]
+|}
+==Repository capabilities==
+There is just one capability, [[Capabilities/repository/googledocs:view|View Google Drive repository]], which is allowed for the default authenticated user role.
+[[Category:Site administration]]
+[[de:Google Drive Repository]]
+[[es:Repositorio Google Drive]]

Documentation

Google Drive repository: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:37, 3 February 2016

Enabling the Google Drive repository

Getting ("pulling") your files from Google Drive

Repository capabilities