Drawings

What is Google Drawings?

Accessing Google Drawings

HIGHLIGHTS

• Sign in to your Google Account

• Go to drawings.google.com

Creating a Google Drawing

HIGHLIGHTS

• New drawings start with a transparent background

• Resize the canvas by clicking and dragging on the bottom right corner

Adding shapes, text, Word art, and images

HIGHLIGHTS

• Use the shape tool to add circles, squares, or other shapes

• Add text with a text box and edit it using format options

• Create stylized text with Word art

• Change the color of shapes and Word art with the fill tool

• Insert images from Google Drive, your computer, the Internet, or your camera

Creating different types of Google Drawings

HIGHLIGHTS

• Use Drawings to create all kinds of helpful classroom visuals:

• Venn Diagrams

• Fill-in-the-blank images

Sharing a Google Drawing

HIGHLIGHTS

• Click Share

• Add an email address

Downloading a Google Drawing

HIGHLIGHTS

• Download a Drawing as a PDF, JPEG, PNG, or SVG

• Insert a Drawing into emails, Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Sites, and more