Packing Up Your Google Drive "Stuff"

It's that time of the year when teachers and staff begin to make changes for the next school year.  It's especially important in these digital times that you prepare and pack up your digital content as well as all the books, supplies,gadgets, decorations, and those precious notes and pictures.
If you are leaving your school district, follow these three steps to take your Google Drive files with you to your next district.

Follow these steps to make the transition as smooth as possible!

Any files in your Google Drive that you created, you own.  That also means that if a Google doc (sheet, preso, etc.) is owned by you, and you want someone in your school or district to be able to keep using that doc, you need to transfer ownership.  You can also transfer ownership of folders.
Watch this video to see how to complete this step.

If you want to keep any files that someone shared with you, you should make sure you have chosen the icon "Add to My Drive" near the top of the doc.  You can only move Google Docs that are actually in your Google Drive, not just shared with you.
Watch this video to see how to complete this step.

Next, you can follow the directions located here, in the section called "Copy and Transfer Your Files."  If you don't have a Gmail account, you need to make one so you can complete the transfer.  If you are going to work at a district that has G-Suite for Education, and you already have a district email, you can transfer from your current district Google Drive to the Google Drive associated with your new district.
Click here to see how to complete this step.