“ Is there a way to create recordings right into google drive?” asks Kristin Hokanson. The answer is “YES!”

Looking for a quick-n-easy way to store photos/images or, more importantly, videos from your iPad into Google Drive? Look no further than the Drive iPad app which allows you to accomplish both goals!

Start up Google Drive, then tap on the + symbol in the top right hand corner of your iPad screen:

Notice the USE CAMERA option in that ADD menu!

To begin recording video, tap on USE CAMERA and switch to Video camera…you can see the selector below:

After you’re done recording…tap on USE and you’ll be prompted as shown below:

When you’re done, you’ll see your Google Drive docs, and at the bottom, the video file you just created:

Pretty nifty, huh? Thanks to the GCTs list for discussing this and prompting me to go investigate! You can easily share a folder of videos with the world, all hosted by GoogleDrive.

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