 Hello there, my name is Nikolai and I'm going to help you get started with Google Drive. Google Drive is Google's solution for cloud storing, sharing and editing files. You could say it's a set of tools in the cloud very similar to the Office package you may have on your computer. You will be able to upload or create files, edit them, share them, and even work on them at the same time with other people. But we'll explore all these functions in detail later on. First things first, how can I open and use Google Drive? Well, there are two ways of opening Drive. The first one is directly from a web browser. Let's go here to our search engine and just drive Google Drive. It'll take us directly to the page. If we click on the link, we'll see Google Drive's main page. Then we go to Google Drive and log in very well. This is the first way of getting in here. The second way of logging in is by going to your Gmail account because I already signed in. It's going to go in directly. If not, you just have to put in your username and password. And this is your Gmail account. Up on the right hand side, you're going to see the little shortcut for the Google Apps. Once you click on that, you'll see that Drive is right here. It's a little triangle with green, yellow, and blue. Once you click on that, you see we arrive to exactly the same page as before. Well, once inside Google Drive, this is the main page. Here you will see your most recent files, a search feature, and a navigation menu to take you to each section. An overview of your files is shown in the center area. Because this is a new account, we only have an introductory PDF that Google has placed here by default. Let's begin by looking at the side navigation menu. The first item, my drive, is where we are, which is the overview panel. Then you get shared with me. If anybody shares a file with you, this is where they will appear. We'll see a little bit more of sharing further down the line. The recent folder, as you can guess, shows all your recent files, the files you've edited, the files you've uploaded, and the files you've viewed will appear here. You also have a section on Google Photos, and you can edit or add photos directly from your phone, and they will upload to this. We'll see that also later on. Then we have the start folder. This is basically a favorite items list. You may want to keep handy. And then we have the trash. Any deleted files will be here. Also, at the very bottom, we have an overview of how much storage you have left. Google Drive by default gives you 15 gigabytes to use, and that is spread out or shared between your drive, your Gmail, and your Google Photos account. I hope you have enjoyed this very brief introduction to Google Drive. In the upcoming videos, we will be viewing each section in more depth. Please subscribe in order to follow along in our series and become an expert using Google Drive.