Friday, November 14, 2014

Checker Plus for Google Drive

Checker Plus for Google Drive is an incredibly useful Chrome extension for anyone sharing large numbers of Folders or Files in Google Drive (like Capstone Supervisors).

This only works with the Chrome browser.

Go to the Chrome Web Store and search for Checker Plus. There are several extensions available for Google apps - Gmail, Google Calendar, and for our purposes, Google Drive.


Click the blue "+ FREE" button




Agree to the permissions. The extension will install.





To enable the extension, click on the icon that will now appear in the upper right corner of your Chrome browser. Agree to give the extension access.






 When you click on the icon now, you will get a small window view of your Google Drive. You can click on "Shared with Me" (That's the same as the new "Incoming")


If you click on "Recent," you can see the most recently shared or updated documents.







And if you click on the little gear in the upper right-hand corner, and open Options, you can choose to get pop up message that will appear in the lower right-hand corner of your computer screen, telling you that an item has been added or edited.