Embedded Files
If you do not have ability to scan documents at home, there are apps for your mobile devices that allow you to use your mobile device's camera to scan documents. The preferred format for scanned documents is PDF, since it allows multiple pages to be consolidated into a single file (as opposed to simply taking a picture of a document which creates one file per page.) Additionally, scanning apps provide for cropping and straightening the documents to make them look better. Ideally, an app that supports saving files directly to Google Drive makes it easier to add the PDFs to Google Classroom for distributing to students.
iOS (iPhone / iPad)
iOS (iPhone / iPad)
Beginning with iOS 11, you don’t need to download an app. With Notes on iOS, you can easily scan a document and even save it as a PDF.
Use the SHARE feature to upload the file to Google Drive (you must have the Google Drive app installed on your device.) Click here for more info.
The free Adobe Scan PDF scanner app turns your device into a powerful portable PDF scanner that recognizes text automatically (OCR).
More than just a PDF scanner. Use this mobile document scanner to turn anything — receipts, notes, documents, photos, business cards, whiteboards — into an Adobe PDF with text you can reuse from each PDF and photo scan.
Use the SHARE feature to upload the file to your Google Drive (you must have the Google Drive app installed on your device).
Android
Android
Install the Google Drive app on your Android device, and use the camera to capture the pages and save them as a PDF file.
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