How To Upload Gopro To Google Drive

Ane of the nice things about using a GoPro camera with your Chromebook is that it is very like shooting fish in a barrel to transfer pictures and videos from the photographic camera to your Google Drive. You lot don't need to install any special software. All you lot need is the GoPro photographic camera, the USB cable that came with the photographic camera, and a Chromebook.

Here are two methods on how to transfer pictures and videos. Choose whichever method works all-time for you and your students.

Using the Chromebook "Files" App

Power on the GoPro photographic camera
Connect the GoPro camera to the Chromebook using the included USB cable
The "Files" app on the Chromebook should open up automatically and the GoPro camera will appear on the left side of the window. All of the pictures and videos are stored within the "100GOPRO" folder which is inside the "DCIM" binder
Highlight the pictures (JPG files) and the videos (MP4 files) that yous would like to transfer to your Google Drive. If you hold downward the CTRL key on the keyboard while you click, you can select multiple pictures and videos. Drag the highlighted pictures and videos to "My Bulldoze" on the left side of the window
On the left y'all volition see the progress of the transfer of the files. Go on in heed that videos tin exist VERY large, so the transfer can take a while!
Once the transfer is complete, you can open your Google Bulldoze and see the pictures and videos that were transferred. Yous MAY want to consider creating a "GoPro" binder within your Google Drive to organize the pictures and videos

Uploading Pictures and Videos Directly into Google Drive

Power on the GoPro camera
Connect the GoPro photographic camera to the Chromebook using the included USB cable
The "Files" app on the Chromebook should open automatically and the GoPro camera volition appear on the left side of the window. All of the pictures and videos are stored within the "100GOPRO" folder which is inside the "DCIM" folder. You can safely shut the Files app
Open your Google Drive

OR
Click "New" and select "File upload"
Select the GoPro camera on the left. Open up the "DCIM" folder and open the "100GOPRO" folder to view the pictures and videos
Highlight the pictures (JPG files) and the videos (MP4 files) that you would like to transfer to your Google Drive. If you hold down the CTRL cardinal on the keyboard while y'all click, yous can select multiple pictures and videos. Click "Open"
On the lower right of the screem, y'all will meet the progress of the transfer of the files. Proceed in mind that videos can be VERY large, so the transfer can take a while!
Once the transfer is complete, yous should see the pictures and videos that were transferred. Y'all MAY want to consider creating a "GoPro" folder within your Google Drive to organize the pictures and videos