Helpful How-Tos
Source: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/projects/google-cost-reduction-project/helpful-how-tos Parent: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/alternative-storage-options
Saving Content Scheduled for Deletion
We have created a set of video tutorials to help you with this process. Please watch all the videos before you get started.
Reduce your content quickly
The top 5 things you can do right now to reduce your Google account storage:
Quick Tips For Reducing Your Google Storage
Transfer Photos to personal Google account
Migrate your content with ease
Get help migrating your content from one service to another. More help documents will be added:
Moving content from My Drive to a Shared Drive
Best strategies for collaboration
Collaborating on a departmental team or project? Consider working with your group to design an organizational strategy that works!
Check out the resources and guides available at Organize My Content.
Steps to create and manage Google Shared Drives
We have a set of Video Tutorials about Shared Drives and how to move your content into them. These will cover everything you need to know. It should take about 30 minutes to watch all of them.
Info: Find your Shared Drive Usage
Info: My Drive vs. Shared drives vs. Shared with me
How-to: Create a Shared Drive and manage Members
How-to: Moving content into a Shared drive
How-to: Transfer Ownership of Files/Folders in Google Drive
Use Box to collaborate like Google
You can not only use native Google docs and Microsoft docs in Box, but collaboration is easy and allows for seven levels of sharing permissions. Learn more about making the switch: