Google Docs (also known as Google Apps) is a group of online tools for collaboratively creating and sharing documents.  ​It includes Google Docs (text editor), Google Sheets (spreadsheets), Google Slides (presentations) and Google Drive (file storage), and is free for anyone with a Google (gmail) account.
Quickstart
  1. Go to https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?hl=en
  2. Enter your details to create an account
  3. While each of the apps has their own website, Google Drive offers a central location to create and manage their content.
Further Detail
Software within the Google Apps suite includes:
Docs is a text editing/word processing software similar to MS Word.  It lets you collaboratively create and edit text documents through your browser or mobile app.
Sheets is a spreadsheet software similar to MS Excel.  It lets you It lets you collaboratively create and edit spreadsheets through your browser or mobile app.
Slides is a spreadsheet software similar to MS Powerpoint.  It lets you It lets you collaboratively create and edit presentations through your browser or mobile app.
Drive is a cloud-based file storage service.  Files created in the other Google Docs apps are stored in Google drive.
Forms is software for creating surveys, quizzes or other forms.  The resulting data is stored in Google Sheets.
Drawings is software for collaboratively creating diagrams and charts.
My Maps is software for collaboratively creating customised maps.
Help Resources
There are various help pages which might have useful information.  These are:
​Talk to one of our learning and teaching team about using Google Docs in your teaching.