Keeping your school Google files!

 Transfer Drive Google Content

At the end of the year, we get a lot of questions on how to move your Google files to your own account. This can be done one of two ways, either sharing your documents with another account and then making a copy or by using Google Takeout. 

The Easy Way

Here is a link to the video and blog post by Alice Keeler on how to share the documents with yourself and then making a copy. It also includes how to use her sheet to make a copy of the whole folder at one time (there is a cost but may be worth it if you have a lot). You do not need the sheet from Alice Keeler but it is a HUGE timesaver for someone who has a lot of files to transfer.  

More Complicated Way

The other option is Google Takeout but those files are not Google Files. The Google Classroom export is a JSON file. (What is that?) You can not upload that into a new Google Classroom. 

 WHAT FILES DO YOU OWN?

Just a reminder, things you create on your school computer and/or on your school Google account you do not own. They are the property of your school district. Also, student data is protected so only move things that do not contain student data!