Google Shared Drives
A Google Shared Drive is a shared space where:
- Members of a shared drive share ownership of any files and folders.
- If someone leaves the shared drive, any files they added will stay.
- If the owner, creator, or manager of the shared drive leaves the institution, the shared drive and any files they contributed will stay.
- You can still share files and folder with a link or invite.
Google Shared Drives
Any faculty, staff, or currently enrolled student can create a shared drive.
Create a shared drive
Add Members
Shared Drive managers can add members to the drive.
Manage or Remove Members
Shared Drive managers can remove members or change their rights.
Types of Members
- Members of Google Shared Drives can have any one of these roles.
- Manager: Can manage members, and upload, edit, move, or delete all files.
- Content Manager: By default, can upload, edit, move, or delete all files.
- Contributor: Edit all files and upload new files, but can’t move or delete files.
- Commenter: Can only comment on all files.
- Viewer: Can only view all files.
Role |
Manage Members |
Move & Delete |
Edit & Upload |
Comment |
View Files |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
✅ |
Content Manager |
❌ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ | ✅ |
Contributor |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Commenter |
❌ | ❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
✅ |
Viewer | ❌ | ❌ |
❌ |
❌ | ✅ |
More Options
Additional options are available. To learn more about Google Shared Drives, review this article from Google.
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