Add a Google Doc to My Resources

To add a Google Docs™ document (Google Doc) to My Resources:

1. Outside of Aspen, create or upload a file to Google Docs.
2. Log on to the Staff view in Aspen.
3. Click one of the following:
• Planner tab
• Gradebook > Scores > Options > Add Assignment or Add Ungraded Assignment
• Gradebook > Assignments > Options > Add Assignment or Add Ungraded Assignment
• Pages > select a class Page > Group Resources > Edit See Add a Google Doc to Group Resources for Class Collaboration.

4. In the upper-right corner, click My Resources. My Resources appears.

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5. Within My Resources, select the folder you want to store the Google Doc in.
6. At the bottom of the My Resources widget, click Add. The widget displays options.

7. Select Google Doc. The Google Docs Details pop-up appears.



8. Note: You can type a description of the file in the Description field.

9. Click Select Google Document. The list of documents in your Google Docs appears.



10. Select the document, and then click Select Document. You can also type text in the Title Search field to search for text within a document title.
11. If you want to share this document with students using the Group Resources widget, decide whether you want it to be collaborative or read-only. At the "Access when shared in Group Resources" drop-down, select one of the following:
• Can Edit: Select this option if you want to make the Google Doc editable when shared in the Group Resources widget. Class members will collaborate on a single document, and Google tracks the revision history.
• Can View: Select this option if you want to make the Google Doc read-only when shared in the Group Resources widget.

Note: Selecting Can Edit is different from making a Google Doc assignment student editable.

12. Click Save. The link to the Google Doc appears in My Resources.