Your University of Maine System (UMS) account includes a Google Drive connected to your Single Sign-On (SSO) login. You can access it via a web browser, mobile app, or the Google Drive sync app on your computer.
Instructions
INFO: If you have been accepted but have not yet enrolled in a credit-bearing course, your account has Gmail only. Google Drive becomes available once you enroll.
From a web browser
- Go to drive.google.com (External Link).
- Log in with your UMS SSO credentials.
- Your files and folders appear. Double-click a file to open it.
- Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms and Drawings open in their own application.
- Other files, such as videos, PDFs, images and audio, open in Google Drive.
If you are already in your @maine.edu email, click the Google apps menu (the grid of nine dots) in the upper-right corner and choose Drive. Use the same menu to return to Gmail.
From a phone or tablet
- Install the Google Drive app from the App Store or Google Play.
- Open the app and sign in with your UMS credentials.
To edit Google Docs, Sheets or Slides on a mobile device, install those apps separately.
From your computer
Google Drive for desktop puts your Drive files in File Explorer or Finder so you can open them like any other file on your computer. It is available to UMS accounts but is not supported by the UMS IT Service Desk. Installation and setup instructions are on Google's Use Google Drive for desktop (External Link) page.
Two things worth knowing before you install it. Files can either stream, which uses almost no space on your computer, or mirror, which downloads a full copy. And the space indicator in Drive for desktop shows free space on your hard drive, not your Google storage quota, so files shared with you can fill your computer even though they never count against your UMS quota.
Additional resources
Environment
- Google Workspace (UMS)
- Google Drive
- Android, iOS and iPadOS
- Windows and macOS