The document discusses cloud services, highlighting their definition, benefits like scalability and cost reduction, and features of Google Drive, a free cloud storage service. Google Drive allows users to store files online, collaborate on documents, and offers 15 GB of free storage with various productivity apps. It also provides step-by-step instructions for creating a Google Drive account and sharing files.

1. Chapter
College of Art, Media, and Technology
Chiang Mai University
Cloud Service: Google Drive
Dr. Vimolboon Cherapanukorn
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“Utility Software for Modern Life”
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2. Content
• What is cloud service?
• Benefits of cloud service
• Google drive

3. What is cloud service?
• The term "cloud services" refers to a wide range of services delivered
on demand to companies and customers over the internet.
• These services are designed to provide easy, affordable access to
applications and resources, without the need for internal
infrastructure or hardware. From checking email to collaborating on
documents, most employees use cloud services.

4. Key benefits of cloud service
• The ability to scale
There's no need for a company to invest in its own resources or
allocate extra IT staff to manage the service.
• This makes it easy for the business to scale the solution as user
needs change—whether that means increasing the number of licenses to
accommodate a growing workforce or expanding and enhancing the
applications themselves.

5. Key benefits of cloud service
• Lowered costs
Many cloud services are provided on a monthly or annual subscription basis,
eliminating the need to pay for on-premises software licenses. This allows
organizations to access software, storage and other services without having
to invest in the underlying infrastructure or handle maintenance and
upgrades.
• Increased flexibility
With cloud services, companies can procure
services on an on-demand, as-needed basis.
If and when there’s no longer a need for a
particular application or platform, the
business can simply cancel the subscription
or shut down the service.

6. Google Drive

7. Google Drive
• Google Drive is a free service from
Google that allows you to store files
online and access them anywhere using
the cloud.
• Google Drive also gives you access to
free web-based applications for
creating documents, spreadsheets,
presentations, and more.
• It offers the advantages of keeping
your files online which can be
accessed from any computer with an
Internet connection.

8. Features of Google drive
• With a Google Account, users get
15 GB of storage for free.
• Photos, videos, presentations,
PDFs – even Microsoft Office
files. No matter what type of file
it is, everything can be stored
safely in Drive.

9. Features of Google drive
• Files in Drive are private, until
users decide to share them.
• Users can quickly invite others
to view, comment, and edit any
file or folder you choose. It's
online collaboration made easy.

10. Google Drive doesn't just store your files; it also
allows you to create, share, and manage documents
with its own productivity apps.
Source: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/googledriveanddocs/all-about-google-drive/1/

11. Create your Google Drive
1. Go to www.google.com. Locate
and select the Sign in
button in the top-right
corner of the page.
2. Click Create an account.
3. Once you've set up your
Google account, you can
access Google Drive by going
to http://drive.goo gle.com
in your web browser or
navigate to Google Drive
from any Google page

12. To create a new file in Drive
1. From Google Drive, locate and select the New
button, then choose the type of file you want to
create. In our example, we'll select google Doc
to create a new document.
2. Your new file will appear in a new tab on your
browser. Locate and select Untitled document in
the upper-left corner.
**You may notice that there is no Save button for your files. This is
because Google Drive uses autosave, which automatically and
immediately saves your files as you edit them.

13. Collaboration tool for sharing files in Drive
• Whenever you share a file in a Google Drive format, you'll have the option
to allow your co-editors to change and edit the file. Google Drive offers
several tools that enhance collaboration by making it easier to communicate
with your co-editors.

14. Share your file in Drive
1. Locate and select the file you want to
share, then click the Share button.
2. A dialog box will appear. Click Get
shareable link.
3. A link to the file will be copied to your
web clipboard. You can then paste the link
in an email message or on the Web to share
the file.
4. Typing email that you want to share the
file with. When you're finished, click
Done.

15. Files shared with you
• These files will appear in your Shared with Me
folder.

16. References
• Citrix. (2020). What is cloud service? [online] Source from:
https://www.citrix.com/glossary/what-is-a-cloud-service.html
• Google Drive. (2020). Explore the storage features of Drive. [online] Source
form: https://www.google.com/drive/using-drive/
• GCFGlobal. (2020). What is Google Drive? [online] Source from:
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/googledriveanddocs/all-about-google-drive/1/

17. Thank you very much