I have seen a few glitches happening with sharing of files and folders with Google Drive.
When somebody changes content in a Google Drive Folder that is shared with you, there is the danger that one deletes/dislocates content for others.
Keep in mind:
Moving a Whole Shared Folder to your "MyDrive" is ok to do
Moving (or deleting) single Folders/Files out of a Shared Folder is NOT ok to do.
I created a graphic below that explains it all in a visual way:
To eliminate possible errors, create Shared folders with View access rights only (as much as possible).
If you share a folder with your team/students, you might want to consider following option:
Have the Main Folder View for all.
In that main Folder create 2 more folders, one with View and one with Edit access. That way, you keep the View-folder always save!
Good to know:
In case content was deleted, it still lives for a month in the bin (of the one who deleted the stuff).
If content IN a document was deleted, one can go back into the revisions -> and you can restore back in time.
Need a bit more visual help, a quick overview of Google drive perhaps?
This short video will give you some time-saving tips as well!
Want to learn how to setup Google Drive Sync (keep a synced backup of all your files in MyDrive on your own laptop)
This is a recommended step to do!
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