Overview

With Google Drive, you can create and share files and folders online and collaborate with others on group projects. Files in Google Drive can be accessed from any smartphone, tablet, or computer.

Appropriate Use

Google Workspace is intended for collaboration on actively used University files and is not intended to be an archive. Personal media files, including photos and videos should not be stored in a UMN Google Workspace Account.

Highlights

  • Organize  and share files and folders
  • Find files and folders using advanced searching and filtering functions
  • Collaborate online with others in real time
  • Create new docs or upload and convert Word documents, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML, text (.txt) and other types of files

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Intended Audience

Students
Instructors
Researchers
Staff & Departments

Cost

University-funded: No charge.

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Good Practices

How to Keep Ownership of Departmental Google Files

Ensure important department documents in Google Drive do not get accidentally deleted or go missing, especially when someone leaves the University or moves to another department.

Challenge

How do I ensure...

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Additional Resources

Manage Data and Documents
Google Workspace
Google Shared Drives