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The ability to share documents and work collaboratively is one of the most useful things about Google Drive.  It’s very easy to quickly share files with your friends, peers, professors, or co-workers -- in fact, it’s so easy that many of us often forget our accounts (and the files within them) will go away after graduation or when we are no longer associated with the College.

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When sharing files, try to keep track of who they are shared with and how you expect the files to be preserved in the future.  You may want to consider a Google Team Driveshared drive if you expect the files will need to be accessible by others after your time at Whitman is done.

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What can you do to prevent losing access to files that you do not own:

  1. Ask the file owner to transfer ownership of the file or folder;

  2. You are encouraged to use the Google Team Driveshared drive functionality for sharing items that need to persist beyond an individual account lifecycle.

  3. Consider making a copy of critical files to your Google Drive if you are concerned the owners’ account may be removed from our systems.

    • Be aware that making a copy un-links the copy from any future changes of the original document.

**The same considerations apply to data stored on your Office365 OneDrive**

Related Information:  

Whitman College Guidance for Cloud Storage

Google help on Team Drivesshared drives

Google help on advanced search techniques

Google help on transferring ownership

Google help on making copies

Google help on sharing

How to take your data with you after graduation: