Leaving Brookline

After you leave Brookline, you'll lose access to your psbma.org or brooklinek12.org files. There are several options for transferring or preserving documents.

Think carefully about what you need to transfer. Do you really need all the documents and assignments you've created? Create one folder of important documents that you'd like to keep. It's much easier to transfer a small set of documents than an entire Google Drive.

Option One: Download Folders to Your Computer (Best Option!)

This option is secure and works quickly.

Add the files that you want to transfer into a folder in your school Google Drive.
Right Click (or Control + Click on a Mac) and choose "Download".
The folder and all the contained files will be compressed into a Zip File. You can specify the download location.
Double clicking on the downloaded Zip file will decompress the folder.
The files will be downloaded in the .doc or .ppt format. You can upload and convert the file in a personal or new school Google Drive.
Delete the files on your Google Drive! Reduce your Carbon Footprint. You won't have access and the undeleted files take up space and on Google Servers.

Option Two: Share a Folder with your personal Gmail and make copies.

This option works best for a small number of documents (<30)

Add the files that you want to transfer into a folder in your school Google Drive.
Share the folder with your personal Google account.
In your personal Google Drive, Open the folder and select all of the files. Choose "Copy"
Drag the copies to your "My Drive" folder in your Personal Gmail. The ownership will change and the files are safely stored.
Note: Personal Google Accounts have less storage space (15GB) than your Brookline Google account (50 GB). You'll have trouble if you try to share a very large set of files.

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