University of Maine Systems (UMS) accounts have a Google Drive associated with their Single Sign On (SSO) credentials [user name and password].
With Google Drive on the web, you can view things like videos, PDFs, Microsoft Office files, audio files, and photos. The maximum size for a single file is 5T, the limits for spreadsheets and other documents is much smaller. These limits may change from time to time.
Instructions
To access your Google Drive from your Web browser:
- Go to drive.google.com
- Log into your Google account with your UMS SSO credentials [username and password].
- You will see your documents / files/ folder (Double-click a file to open it).
- If you open a Google Doc, Sheet, Slides presentation, Form, or Drawing, it will open using that application.
- If you open a video, PDF, Microsoft Office file, audio file, or photo, it will open in Google Drive.
To access your Google Drive from your @maine.edu email:
- Log into your @maine.edu email account.
- In the upper right corner in your email locate and click on the 9 dots
- Google Apps will open displaying icons for all the Apps offered.
- Locate the App Icon named Drive (green, yellow and blue colored triangle)
- Click on the Drive Icon.
- Your Drive will open in a new tab
- To return to your email click on the 9 dots again and then Gmail.
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