{"id":101,"date":"2015-11-29T09:53:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2019-08-19T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:36:35","slug":"working-off-line-with-a-student-chromebook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/student-devices\/working-off-line-with-a-student-chromebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Working While Offline Using an LPS Student Chromebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-101\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-101-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-101-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-101-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p class=\"alignnone\">Accessing\u00a0files\u00a0from\u00a0Google Drive on LPS\u00a0Chromebooks when no internet is available requires users to enable \"Offline\" in their settings and allow Google Drive and the Chromebook enough time to sync files.<\/p>\n<h4>Enable \"Offline\"<\/h4>\n<p>While connected to WiFi, students should\u00a0place a check in the box next to the setting \"<strong>Offline<\/strong> -\u00a0Sync Google Docs, Sheets, Slides &amp; Drawings to this computer so that you can edit offline.\"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/DriveSettings.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-424 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/DriveSettings-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"DriveSettings\" width=\"252\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/DriveSettings-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/DriveSettings.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/Offline.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/Offline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/Offline.jpg 799w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/Offline-300x34.jpg 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/Offline-768x87.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Allow Some Time<\/h4>\n<p>The initial download of files on a Chromebook <strong>will take a while<\/strong>, but a typical school day of usage should be enough time. After that, downloading new files should go much faster. Students who know they will need to access a specific file\u00a0offline may\u00a0want to OPEN that file\u00a0while online, before leaving the network.<\/p>\n<h4>Access Files\u00a0Offline<\/h4>\n<p>When offline, simply open the <strong>Files\u00a0app<\/strong> on the Chromebook and navigate to the <strong>Offline<\/strong> folder to view a list of files.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If the title is in black text, it is available offline. Click to open the file.<\/li>\n<li>If the title is in grey text, or does not appear at all, you will not be able to open it offline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/FilesApp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-425 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/FilesApp-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"FilesApp\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/FilesApp-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/FilesApp-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/technology\/files\/2016\/08\/FilesApp.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-101-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-101-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4>Start New Work<\/h4>\n<p>Students can always generate NEW work while offline by opening the Google Drive app and clicking the NEW button to create a new Doc, Sheet, Slide or Drawing file.<\/p>\n<h4>Syncing Changes<\/h4>\n<p>Any work done in a file\u00a0(new or existing) while offline will automatically sync with the original file as soon as the Chromebook is connected to the Internet and Google Drive is opened. Files\u00a0with multiple editors are not well suited to offline work, as any work done by Editor A may be overwritten by the work done offline by Editor B when Editor B comes online.<\/p>\n<h4>Calendars<\/h4>\n<p>To access Calendars when no internet is available,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chromebook\/answer\/6187451?hl=en\">offline mode must be enabled<\/a>. Reminders and Tasks are not available offline, and class calendars must be configured by the student to be available offline.<\/p>\n<h4>Things you Cannot do Offline<\/h4>\n<p>You cannot access <strong>web pages<\/strong> while you are offline. For that to work you'd have to have a backup copy of <em>THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD WIDE WEB<\/em> on your Chromebook, and it does not have enough storage space to do that. \ud83d\ude09 Also, some Google Apps features like <strong>spell checking, add-ons, sharing files, adding images, and downloading files<\/strong> are unavailable when you are offline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessing\u00a0files\u00a0from\u00a0Google Drive on LPS\u00a0Chromebooks when no internet is available requires users to enable &#8220;Offline&#8221; in their settings and allow Google Drive and the Chromebook enough time to sync files. 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