Google Draw allows users to create drawings and graphics. It has various tools like shapes, lines, arrows and pictures that can be used to create drawings. Users can insert pictures from their computer, webcam, Google or Google Drive. Drawings can be shared with others for simultaneous or separate editing.

1. Google Draw
Basic instructions on how to use Google Draw

2. Create a Drawing
• Click on Create – Drawing (or
Insert – Drawing on Google Doc
page)
• Type in a name for your drawing
if you are working on a Drawing
only doc by clicking on Untitled
Drawing

3. Create a Drawing
• Use the Drawing
tools to create
graphics
Use the Fill can to fill
shapes with colour and
the Line fill to change the
colour of lines.
Made
with
Shapes
Use the Scribble tool.
Click and move the
mouse to make the You cannot fill
shape, double click to a Scribble
close or end it or cross drawing (at
a line to close it this stage)

4. Create a Drawing
• Use the Drawing
tools to create
graphics
Use the Polyline tool
to create straight line
graphics
Change the
thickness of the
lines by choosing
a thickness

5. Move backwards and forwards
Order graphics (moving to the
front or back of objects by
right clicking on graphic to be
moved

6. Use the shapes
Use the shape button to
create graphics

7. Using arrows
Change the arrow style by
Select tool
selecting the Select tool, then
clicking on the arrow you
have just made.
Change
thickness
of line or
line style

8. Add a Picture
• Go to Insert –Image or click on the Image button
• Click on Choose an
image to upload
• Find the picture on
your hardrive and
click Open and then
click Select (it may go
straight into your doc)
• Resize by clicking and dragging on the corners
• Right click on picture to hyperlink to a website

9. Add a Webcam picture
• Go to Insert –Picture or click on the Picture button
• Click on Take a Snapshot
• Click Allow and Close
• Click on Take Snapshot
• Take a few and then select
the one you want to use
and click Select
• Resize by clicking and dragging on the corners

10. Add a Picture from Google
• Click on the picture
• Click on Full Size image
• Click on URL,
highlight and copy
• Go back to Google Doc, click on
Insert Picture
• Click on By URL
• Paste into URL box, click Select

11. Add a Picture from your album
If you have a blog and you have uploaded photos to it then you have access to them
• Click on Insert a picture
• Click on a folder of
photos
• Click on the picture
you will use and then
click Select

12. Add a Picture from your Drive
If you have downloaded Google Drive to your computer, you can add your photos by
clicking and dragging the folder of photos onto the Google Drive folder.
• Click on Insert a picture
• Click on Google Drive
• Click on My Drive
• Click on the picture
you will use and then
click Select

13. Sharing
Share your drawing with others. They can edit it at
the same time or in their own time.
Share your drawing
with other people by
clicking on Share.
Type in the email
addresses, press Enter
after each email
address. Click Share