Google Drive | IT@UMN | The people behind the technology

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.

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

Getting Started

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Google Drive

Intended Audience

Students

Instructors

Researchers

Staff & Departments

Cost

University-funded: No charge.

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Comparisons

Choose an Option for Working Offline with Files in Google Drive and Shared Drives

There are a couple of options for working with offline files with Google Drive and Google shared drives.

Resources

Google Drive: Recover a deleted file

Google Support document with instructions on recovering a Google Drive document

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