Google Drive - Master Folders: Part II, Connecting Template Material Folders
How do I apply the whole Master folder so that a folder lands in the student's Google Drive folder & Files tab and not individual documents?
Creating a Master Folder to Link to your portal
Tip: These Templates become "Handout Packets" for many of our clients which they forward or print off. For example, my [Intro Packet] Template contains files for student expectations, forms to fill out, billing information, etc.
Step 1: Create a template to share. Open the [[Master Folder]] with double click.
Step 2: Keep Individual Templates inside the [Master Folder].
Create a New Folder for a Template by clicking the [+ New] button (top left under Drive), then select
[New Folder].
Figure 2:
Inside my [Master Folder] - I've created an [Intro Packet] folder to use as a template.
Connect your [New Master Folder] to CounselMore
- In CounselMore click on your name at the top right of the website.
- Click [Settings].
- Go to the Google Drive tab
Sign into Google Drive BEFORE connecting your template.
- After ensuring you are signed into Google Drive, click [Add New Master Folder].
Navigate to the Template you created. Double click the [[Master Folder]] to open it, then single click your [Template] to select it (Figure 4). (The Template you want to share highlights light blue, in my example, [Others] highlights blue), press the blue [Select] button at the bottom left.
The desired template was connected
How do I apply the whole Master folder so that a folder lands in the student's Google Drive folder & Files tab and not individual documents?
Create the folder that will be connected to your CounselMore account and create a folder inside of the connected folder, also known as a sub-folder. Inside the sub-folder, place the documents.
When the Master folder is applied to the student's folder the contents of the connected folder will be applied to the student's folder. In this case the contents is a folder, that contains documents.
Because the student will now see a folder, consider what you name the folder because the audience of the connected folder is you, the counselor but the sub-folder audience is the student.
In order to apply the entire master folder, go to the Google Drive Tab in CounselMore, then hit "Add New Master Folder."