Today I was told by the drama teacher that her students were unable to upload images and videos on the iPad from Google docs. After some initial investigation on the iPad, adding pictures to a doc was looking very bleak. I was able to open a picture in Drive and select the option to copy but as soon as I clicked the paste option it would only paste the link in the Google doc.
After doing a bit more research online, I finally managed to crack the solution though it wasn’t as straight forward as I thought it would be. It is easier to break it down into steps below.
Step 1:
On the iPad select Safari browser and go to google.com/drive and log on to your google drive account.
Step 2:
Once in your drive account select the desktop version on the top right corner or click the menu option on the left and select the desktop version link which is below the Terms of Service.
Step 3:
The desktop version enables you to view Google drive as you would on a laptop or desktop. Select and open the doc you want to insert the image from the iPad. Then go to insert - image and select the image or video you would like to upload. Select ‘Choose existing’ and this takes you to your camera roll. Select your image and it should appear in the Google doc.
Step 4:
Once your image is in the doc come out of Safari and go into the Google doc app. The image that you uploaded through your browser will be in the Google doc. Continue typing and editing the document as normal.
It is a long drawn process but it works. Google, if you are listening this is an area teachers and students would like a more straight forward process.
