How to use Drive (Beta): My Drive for private files, School Drive for school teachers and admins, native editors for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, Download / upload PowerPoint, and the Sayo Chat Drive tool with Approve/Deny create plans. Answers questions like 'where are my files', 'how do I edit a spreadsheet in Drive', or 'how does Drive work in Sayo Chat'.
Drive is file storage in Sayo Academy. It has two spaces:
Everyone signed in can use My Drive. School Drive is for school teachers and admins. If you open School Drive without that access, Sayo sends you to My Drive.
Drive is separate from Materials (lessons for students) and the Assignments library. For that difference, see My Materials Overview.
Direct links:
In either drive you can:
A storage meter shows how much space you have used.
Drive includes built-in editors for native files:
| Create | What you get |
|---|---|
| New document | A text document |
| New spreadsheet | A spreadsheet |
| New presentation | A slide deck |
Open a native file to edit it in Drive. Changes autosave (you will see Saving… / Saved). Use Download when you want a file on your computer.
Create a blank deck with New presentation. Upload a .pptx file to edit it in Drive; use Download to export a presentation as .pptx.
Charts, pivot tables, and macros are not supported and will not be saved.
Native documents, spreadsheets, and presentations open in Drive’s own editors.
For some uploaded files (for example PDFs or images), the file menu can include Open in Sayo Chat so you can work with that file in chat.
You can also use Drive from inside chat — see the next section.
A side panel lets you browse and manage My Drive (folders, upload, rename, delete) while you chat.
When Sayo plans to create folders or files in Drive, you get a Drive plan. Review it, then choose:
After files exist, asking Sayo to fill documents, spreadsheets, or presentations can use credits.
For other chat tools (documents, slides, apps), see Tools in Sayo Chat.