Dropbox Training Session
ITS and Dropbox partnered to offer all U-M faculty, staff, and students live training sessions. Refer to the final recorded session below.
Dropbox End User Training Session (57:39) - This video is from 2021, so some information may be outdated.
Managing Files/Folders
- Dropbox: Best Practices for Accessing Your Data
- File types that can be previewed in Dropbox
- Dropbox file size limits and how to upload large files
- Slow upload: How to improve your sync speed
- How to preview files in Dropbox
- File version history overview
- How to delete files/folders from Dropbox
- How to restore a shared file/folder that you previously deleted
- Recover older versions of files
- How to search your Dropbox files
- Move Dropbox files and folders
- How to use content suggestions, recent, updates, and notifications lists
- FAQs about modified dates for files/folders
- How to change the owner of a shared folder
Collaborators and Permissions
- How to share a Dropbox file/folder
- How to add a shared folder to your account
- Set file permissions for members of shared folders
- Share a Dropbox Folder with anyone
- Manage your Dropbox sharing permissions
- Create and share Dropbox links with view-only access
- How to remove members from a shared folder
- Set an expiration date for a shared link
- How to view file activity in Dropbox
- Troubleshooting shared links
- Common sharing errors and how to solve them
Dropbox Self-Guided Course
The following course requires logging in to U-M Dropbox. You will be prompted to log in to your U-M Dropbox account before accessing these videos. Enter your (Level-1) @umich.edu email address, and you will be directed to log in through SSO.